Ayer me echaron del pueblo
Ayer me echaron del pueblo is a 1982 Colombian drama film directed by Jorge Gaitán Gómez. The film was inspired by the eponymous song written by Jose A. Morales. The plot follows the bitter life of a family of peasants forced to move to the city.[1]
| Ayer me echaron del pueblo | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Jorge Gaitán Gómez |
| Produced by | Alfonso Acevedo |
| Screenplay by | Jorge Gaitán Gómez Alfonso Acevedo |
| Starring | Camilo Medina Stella Suárez Francisco Amaya Carlos Barbosa |
| Music by | Jose A. Morales |
| Cinematography | Hermino Barrera Carlos Pulido |
| Edited by | Jorge Gaitán Gómez |
Production company | Acevar Division Cinematográfica |
Release date | April 1982 |
Running time | 106 min. |
| Country | Colombia |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
Inspired by the lyrics of a popular nostalgic song, the film tells the story a family that is forced to leave their rural environment and escape to the big city due to pressure from a powerful landowner who deprives them of their meager properties. Overcome by the difficulties in their new hostile urban environment, the family of peasants descends into a tragic circle of poverty. Trying to survive the man falls from underemployment to delinquency; the wife from working as a housekeeper to prostitution and their children end up in the stormy life of street children.
Cast
- Camilo Medina
- Stella Suárez
- Francisco Amaya
- Carlos Barbosa
- Hector Rivas
- Jose Saldarriaga
- Edgardo Roman
- Hugo Patiño
Notes
- Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano, Largometrajes Colombianos En Cine y Video: 1915-2004 p. 107
References
- Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano. Nieto, Jorge (edit), Largometrajes Colombianos En Cine y Video: 1915-2004, Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano, Ministerio de Cultura, 2006, ISBN 9589551025