El río y la muerte

The River and Death (Spanish: El río y la muerte) is a 1954 Mexican film. It was written by Luis Alcoriza and directed by Luis Buñuel. The film is an adaptation of Miguel Álvarez Acosta's 1952 novel Muro blanco en roca negra (White Wall on a Black Rock). Cast Columba Domínguez – Mercedes Miguel Torruco – Felipe Anguiano Joaquín Cordero – Gerardo Anguiano Jaime Fernández – Romulo Menchaca Víctor Alcocer – Polo Menchaca Silvia Derbez – Elsa José Elías Moreno – Don Nemesio Carlos Martínez Baena – Don Julian Alfredo Varela – Chinelas (as Alfredo Varela Jr.) Miguel Manzano – don Anselmo Background The film, an adaptation of a novel about a blood revenge that has lasted for several generations, is so country-specific that the audience at the Venice Film Festival thought it was a comedy. Buñuel takes great pains in his autobiography to show that the despicable events portrayed in the film were even surpassed by reality. References