The Young and the Damned
Country
Production
Budget
$0
Revenue
$134 613
Director
Actors
Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán, Alfonso Mejía, Roberto Cobo, Alma Delia Fuentes, Francisco Jambrina, Jesús García , Efraín Arauz, Sergio Virel, Jorge Pérez
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Óscar Dancigers, Sergio Kogan, Jaime A. Menasce
Operator
Composer
Rodolfo Halffter
Artist
Edward Fitzgerald
Audition
Editing
Short description
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
What's left behind the scenes
- Upon its release, the film received extremely negative reviews in Mexico, with outrage directed at Luis Buñuel, as this foreigner dared to depict the country's problems with poverty and crime on screen. Mexican critics and audiences viewed the film differently only after Buñuel received the award for best director at Cannes.
- The film was released in Mexico in 1950. It was pulled from distribution after three days due to the reaction of an outraged press, government, and audiences from the upper and middle classes.
- Upon release, the film received an extremely negative reception in Mexico; indignation was directed at Luis Buñuel, as this foreigner dared to depict the state's problems with poverty and crime on screen. Mexican critics and the public only viewed the film differently after Buñuel won the Best Director prize at Cannes.
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