El gallo de oro (1964)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

Roberto Gavaldón

Escritores:

Juan Rulfo (story)
Carlos Fuentes (screenplay) ...
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

18 diciembre 1964 (Mexico)

Género:

Drama

Plot:

A poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman |

Plot Keywords:

Luck | Gambling | Mistress | Mexico | Gambler

Premios:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

rather painful, and not only for the roosters

Reparto

Ignacio López Tarso	...	Dionisio Pinzón
Lucha Villa	...	Bernarda "La Caponera"
Narciso Busquets	...	Lorenzo Benavides
Carlos Jordán	...	Esculapio Virgen
Diana Ochoa	...	Hermana de Esculapio
Enrique Lucero	...	El Chinaco
Agustín Isunza	...	Secundino
José Torvay
José Chávez
Pedro Galván
Jorge Lavat
Salvador Lozano
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Manuel Dondé	...	Don Perfecto (uncredited)
Agustín Fernández	...	El Yaqui (uncredited)
Lina Marín	...	(uncredited)

Dirigida por
Roberto Gavaldón

Créditos del guión
Juan Rulfo		(story)
Carlos Fuentes		(screenplay) &
Gabriel García Márquez		(screenplay) &
Roberto Gavaldón		(screenplay)

Producida por
Federico Amérigo	....	executive producer
Manuel Barbachano Ponce	....	producer
Felipe Subervielle	....	executive producer

Música original por
Chucho Zarzosa

Fotografía por
Gabriel Figueroa

Montaje por
Gloria Schoemann

Diseño de producción por
Manuel Fontanals

Departamento de maquillaje
María de Jesús Lepe	....	hair stylist (as Ma. de Jesús Lepe)
Armando Meyer	....	makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Enrique L. Morfín	....	unit production manager (as Enrique Morfín)

Ayudante de dirección
Jesús Marín	....	assistant director

Departamento de sonido
Luis Fernández	....	sound operator
James L. Fields	....	sound director
José Li-ho	....	sound effects (as José Liho)
Galdino R. Samperio	....	sound re-recordist (as Galdino Samperio)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Manuel González	....	camera operator
Daniel López	....	lighting technician

Departamento de vestuario
Georgette Somohano	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Georgette Sornohano)

Departamento de Música
Rubén Fuentes	....	music arranger
Rubén Fuentes	....	music director

Otros miembros del equipo
Aurelio Berrospe	....	cockfighting advisor
'Chema' Hernandez	....	livestock coordinator (uncredited)

Gracias
Juan Fernández Albarrán	....	thanks (as Lic. Juan Fernández Albarrán)
Manuel González de Cosío	....	thanks (as Ing. Manuel González de Cosío)
Arturo Milhe	....	thanks (as Dr. Arturo Milhe)

Compañías Productores

• Clasa Films Mundiales
• Producciones Barbachano Ponce

Otras Compañías

• Estrella  shooting unit
• Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.  studio
• Orquesta de la Sección de Filarmónicos del S.T.P.C. de la R.M.  orchestra (as Orquesta de la Sección de Filarmónicos del Sindicato de la Producción)
• RCA Victor Mexicana  songs recording

También conocida como:

The Golden Cockerel (USA)

Duración:

105 min

País:

Mexico

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Color

Sonido:

Mono (RCA High Fidelity Sound)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Bernal, Querétaro, Mexico

Compañía:

Clasa Films Mundiales

Conexiones de Película:

Version of "La caponera" (2000)

Banda de Sonido:

Que Te Falta Mujer

rather painful, and not only for the roosters

El Gallo de Oro is one of those works where a part overshadows the whole, with discomforting consequences - perhaps in Mexico in 1964, viewers of a film where a poor man takes up cockfighting (of all noble lifestyles to pursue) could focus on the protagonist and his internal journey to find a good life and bury his newly-deceased mother properly. For today's audience, however, which likely consists mainly of Spanish language students and connoisseurs of 60's hispanic cinema, the plot nearly becomes overshadowed by the constant reminders of exactly why cockfighting is now illegal. I'm not an animal rights extremist, either - I don't think many people could watch two roosters go at it (squawking and poking each other's eyes out until one kills the other with the four-inch blade strapped to its claws) and see this as a Glorious Triumph for the Poor Peasant who Just Wants to do the Right Thing.

I'm sure that this film has value in a historical context, showing how life for some in Mexico used to be. The scenery and the clothing are true to form, and some insight is given on the "bets, booze & broads" lifestyle of 1960's rico-suaves. El Gallo also takes every opportunity possible to showcase historic Mexican music, through Lucha Villa's forced mezzo-soprano belting into song (after song after song...). But for the most part, El Gallo de Oro only serves to leave the viewer happy that it's over, and relieved that today's generations of roosters can greet the dawn in peace.