Ilusión viaja en tranvía, La (1954)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Luis Buñuel

Writers:

Luis Alcoriza (adaptation)
Juan de la Cabada (adaptation)

Release Date:

1954 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Adventure | Drama

Plot:

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned...

Plot Keywords:

Drunk Scene | Streetcar | Train

Cast

Lilia Prado	...	Lupita
Carlos Navarro	...	Juan Godinez (nick name Caireles)
Fernando Soto	...	Tarrajas (as Fernando Soto 'Mantequilla')
Agustín Isunza	...	Papa Pinillos
Miguel Manzano	...	Don Manuel
Guillermo Bravo Sosa	...	Braulio
José Pidal	...	The Professor (as Jose Pidal)
Felipe Montoya	...	Mechanician
Javier de la Parra	...	Traffic chief (as Javier De La Parra)
Paz Villegas	...	Dona Mechita
Conchita Gentil Arcos	...	Passenger
Diana Ochoa	...	Passenger
Víctor Alcocer	...	Carpenter
Leonor Gómez	...	Pasajera

Also Known As:

Illusion Travels by Streetcar (USA)

Runtime:

90 min | USA:82 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Company:

Clasa Films Mundiales

A streetcar named retire

A streetcar is to be dismantled and two pals are not prepared to accept it.

Bunuel's touch can be felt in the scenes dealing with religion: -The show that takes Genesis to the stage ;the grotesque actors play God,Lucifer,Adam and Eve and more ...Certainly ,the director had much fun directing these scenes -which have little to do with the main plot- -The two ladies and their Virgin Mary statuette ;while people are giving raw meat for free (even heart!)in the streetcar,they are puzzled because "normally" you've got to pay for everything.They forget that Christ gave bread and fish to His people as reported by the Gospels.

Apart from these sequences,it is a simple comedy,and in Bunuel's great filmography,it is nothing by a curio.