Surcos
- 19511951
- 1h 44m
The struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the country to Madrid circa 1950.The struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the country to Madrid circa 1950.The struggles of a Spanish family as it emigrates from the country to Madrid circa 1950.
- Director
- Writers
- Eugenio Montes(idea)
- José Antonio Nieves Conde(technical screenplay)
- Gonzalo Torrente Ballester(adaptation and dialogue)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Eugenio Montes(idea)
- José Antonio Nieves Conde(technical screenplay)
- Gonzalo Torrente Ballester(adaptation and dialogue)
- Stars
- Awards
- 5 wins & 1 nomination
María Asquerino
- Pili
- (as Maruja Asquerino)
Ricardo Lucía
- Manolo Pérez
- (as Ricardo Lucia)
José Prada
- Manuel Pérez
- (as Jose Prada)
Félix Dafauce
- Don Roque 'El Chamberlain'
- (as Felix Dauface)
María Francés
- La madre
- (as Maria Frances)
Carmen Sánchez
- Tía
- (as Carmen Sanchez)
- Director
- Writers
- Eugenio Montes(idea)
- José Antonio Nieves Conde(technical screenplay)
- Gonzalo Torrente Ballester(adaptation and dialogue)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaHidden cameras used for some scenes.Some people and some police are real and didn't know they are acting in a movie.
- Quotes
Eugenio Montes: "Until the last villages, the suggestions of the city arrive, inviting the farmers to desert the land, with promises of easy riches. Receiving temptations from the city, without preparation to resist and lead them, these peasants, who have lost the field and have not won the very difficult civilization, are trees without roots, slivers of the suburb, which life destroys and corrupts. This constitutes the most painful problem of our time." Quote at the beginning of the movie
- ConnectionsReferenced in El mundo sigue: La resurreción de una obra maestra del cine español (2015)
Review
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A Franco's dictatorship realistic history
It don't seems logic that Franco's ideological censors allowed a realistic history based on poor situation in Madrid in 50's early. But the dictatorship's target was to dissuade these people than want to left your rural work and change to a urban way of life while the Spanish industrial development level of these years couldn't yet get job to a lot of workers. 'Surcos' is like a Italian 'neorealistic' film, but also has a highest technical level, with influence from the European (mainly German) expressionism. A great b&w photo, and a good work of players. A 'rara avis' in the Spanish cinematography from these years. Later, the director J.A. Nieves Conde, had a sad career,so far in all ways from 'Surcos'.
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- joang-1
- May 5, 2002
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- Brazde
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- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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