Cuatro contra el mundo

Cuatro contra el mundo (Spanish: Four Against the World) is a 1950 Mexican film noir crime drama film directed by Alejandro Galindo,[1][2] who also wrote the screenplay alongside Gunther Gerzso, and starring Víctor Parra and Leticia Palma, about a gang that raids a van that carries money. The film is considered as a prototype for Mexican film noir.[3]

Cuatro contra el mundo
Directed byAlejandro Galindo
Written byAlejandro Galindo
Gunther Gerszo
Produced byCésar Santos Galindo
StarringVíctor Parra
Leticia Palma
CinematographyAgustín Martínez Solares
Edited byCarlos Savage
Music byGustavo César Carrión
Release date
  • 6 April 1950 (1950-04-06)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Cast

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Themes

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Film critic Emilio García Riera states that the film has a strong influence on the left-wing politics of director Alejandro Galindo. He stated that the film allowed him to represent a crime in a relatively small scenario as an expression of reactionary tendencies.[4]

Production

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Cuatro contra el mundo is considered a prototype for a Mexican version of film noir, a genre popularized in the United States in the 1940s.[3]

Restoration

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Cuatro contra el mundo has been restored in cooperation with the film library of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Fundación Televisa, the Cineteca Nacional and the Morelia International Film Festival. The restored version was part of the Forum section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in 2015, after the head of this section, Christoph Terhechte, had seen it at the Morelia International Film Festival.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Ayala Blanco, p. 16.
  2. ^ Expediente No. A-01846 "Cuatro contra el Mundo". Centro de Documentación e Información, Ficha de Filmes Nacionales. Cineteca Nacional.
  3. ^ a b "2015 Programme | Cuatro contra el mundo | Four Against the World". Berlin International Film Festival.
  4. ^ García Riera, pp. 133–135.
  5. ^ "Función de Cuatro contra el mundo en la Berlinale 2015" [Film showing of Cuatro contra el mundo at the 2015 Berlinale] (in Spanish). Morelia International Film Festival. 12 February 2015.

Bibliography

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  • Ayala Blanco, Jorge. Cartelera cinematográfica 1950–1959.
  • García Riera, Emilio. Historia Documental del Cine Mexicano.
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