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The Realm of Fortune

Original title: El imperio de la fortuna
  • 19861986
  • 2h 10m
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7.2/10
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The Realm of Fortune (1986)
Drama
Poor Dionisio finds himself as recipient of the good fortune, but soon he forgets that everything that goes up also has to go down, and that in the depressing nothingness of his town it is e... Read allPoor Dionisio finds himself as recipient of the good fortune, but soon he forgets that everything that goes up also has to go down, and that in the depressing nothingness of his town it is easy to die.Poor Dionisio finds himself as recipient of the good fortune, but soon he forgets that everything that goes up also has to go down, and that in the depressing nothingness of his town it is easy to die.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
379
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    • Arturo Ripstein
    • Juan Rulfo(story "El gallo de oro")
    • Paz Alicia Garciadiego(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ernesto Gómez Cruz
    • Blanca Guerra
    • Alejandro Parodi
    • Arturo Ripstein
    • Juan Rulfo(story "El gallo de oro")
    • Paz Alicia Garciadiego(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ernesto Gómez Cruz
    • Blanca Guerra
    • Alejandro Parodi
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    • 6User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Ernesto Gómez Cruz
    Ernesto Gómez Cruz
    • Dionisio Pinzón
    Blanca Guerra
    Blanca Guerra
    • La Caponera
    Alejandro Parodi
    • Lorenzo Benavides
    Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
    Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
    • La Pinzona
    Socorro Avelar
    Socorro Avelar
    • Madre de Dionisio
    Juan Antonio Llanes
    Juan Antonio Llanes
    • Cura de San Miguel
    Carlos Cardán
    • Don Isabel
    Loló Navarro
    • Doña Iris
    Edmundo Barahona
    • Merenguero
    Raymundo Gómez Cruz
    • Quitamantas
    María Barber
    • Monja
    Jorge Fegán
    • Juez Veedor
    Alfonso Godínez
    • Amarrador
    Emilio Ebergenyi
    • Padrino
    José Ruvinskis
    • Padrino
    Abel Woolrich
    • Padrino
    Raúl Valerio
    • Carmelo
    José Escandón
    • Corredor de Apuestas
      • Arturo Ripstein
      • Juan Rulfo(story "El gallo de oro")
      • Paz Alicia Garciadiego(screenplay)
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    9/10
    A fine movie
    This is a fine adaptation of one of the few stories of Juan Rulfo, a fine Mexican novelist who, unfortunately wrote only a handful of pieces.

    The movie does a fine job in translating a very complex story about a professional cock-fight trainer and gambler who, after a twist of fate, finds his luck, both good and bad, in a beautiful female singer portrayed by gorgeous Blanca Guerra at her best.

    As usual, movie adaptations of novels lost a lot of the original richness, but even taking into consideration that loss, this movie makes a wonderful job in portraying not only the cockfighting and gambling world in rural Mexico, but also in reflecting and criticizing the society involved in such practices.

    Not only that, see after the multilayered role of Blanca Guerra as Bernarda, La Caponera. First, her relations with the cockfighters-gamblers. Then, the relation with her daughter.

    Arturo Ripstein's used real locations in central rural Mexico, so the movie has a real-life feel. Some shots are Eisenstein's like, although since it was filmed in color it is hard to fully appreciate them.
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    • Mar 9, 2001

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      • November 28, 1986 (United States)
      • Mexico
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Tlaxcala, Mexico
    • Production company
      • Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE)
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    • 2 hours 10 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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