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Smiles of the City

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Original title

La risa de la ciudad

Year

1963

Running time

104 min.

Country

Mexico

Director

Gilberto Gazcón

Screenwriter

Pancho Córdova, Gilberto Gazcón, Jesús Marín

Cast

Music

Gustavo César Carrión

Cinematography

Ignacio Torres (B&W)

Producer

Cinematográfica Jalisco S.A

Genre

Drama

Synopsis

The underside of Mexico City: street performers, factory workers, a drunk, an old man with civic pride, a pickpocket, and others live and interact in a shantytown near the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Techo, the old man, longs to reconnect to his abandoned son; Beto, the robust son, is in love with Lita, but not married to her although she's pregnant. Government authorities see the shantytown residents as lazy and immoral; the residents celebrate their own love of family, communal spirit, and life's possibilities.

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Smiles of the City

1963

Gilberto Gazcón