Los Olvidados is a 1950 Mexican film directed by Luis Bunuel, following a group of impoverished, often violent street children in the slums of Mexico City, centered on a boy who falls in with an older delinquent. Bunuel filmed it with unusual bluntness for its era, including a startling dream sequence, refusing both sentimental uplift and simple moralizing about poverty and juvenile crime. The film won Bunuel the Best Director award at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival and is widely regarded as one of the founding works of social realist cinema in Latin America.
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Release Year Classification
Original Language In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Mexico, originated there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Spanish, original language there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Los Olvidados
Infobox, released
1950 12 9
Infobox, country
Mexico
Los Olvidados, Description, original language
Los Olvidados is a 1950 Mexican film directed by Luis Bunuel, following a group of impoverished, often violent street children in the slums of Mexico City, centered on a boy who falls in with an older delinquent.
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