The Important Man
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ismael Rodríguez
Toshiro Mifune
Columba Domínguez
Pepito Romay
Flor Silvestre
Antonio Aguilar
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Animas Trujano, a Mexican peasant, has one dream in life: to be elected The Important Man, the mayordomo of the town at the time of its annual carnival, and thus receive the whole town's respect. In reality, he is a drunken, philandering gambler, whose wife and children must support him. Whenever Animas has money, he spends it on Catania, the town prostitute. Discovering his daughter making love with the son of the distillery owner, Animas assaults him and is sent to jail. His wife works hard to raise his bail money, but Animas is released early and wastes it all. His luck changes when he manages to sell his daughter's illegitimate baby to the distiller; with the money, he buys the election and becomes the mayordomo . The usual respect accorded the office does not come his way, however, so Animas again begins drinking and carousing with Catania. His wife finally becomes disgusted with him and murders the prostitute. Realizing that he has one last chance for redemption, Animas goes to confess the murder, thus sparing his wife.
Director
Ismael Rodríguez
Cast
Toshiro Mifune
Columba Domínguez
Pepito Romay
Flor Silvestre
Antonio Aguilar
Eduardo Fajardo
Guillermina Jiménez
Amado Zumaya
Titina Romay
Luis Aragón
José Chávez
Crew
Pascual Aragones
Jorge Bustos
Gabriel Figueroa
Edward Fitzgerald
Pablo Galvan
Raúl Lavista
Vincente Orona Jr.
Pedro Del Rey
Ismael Rodríguez
Ismael Rodríguez
Manuel Topete
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Foreign Language Film
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Filmed on location in Oaxaca. Produced in Mexico in 1961 as Animas Trujano.
Miscellaneous Notes
1961 Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
1961 Golden Globe Award Winner for Best Foreign Film.
Shown at the Venice Film Festival August 25, 1961.
b&w
dialogue Spanish
