Buñuel in Mexico: Notes about the Representation of Poverty in the Films El gran calavera, Los olvidados, El Bruto and Nazarín

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Juan Pablo Silva Escobar

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The aim of this text is to explore and discuss the way in which both the commercial films and the auteur cinema made by Luis Buñuel in Mexico, introduce us to the production of new cinematic representations of poverty. In order to do this, the films El gran calavera (1949), Los olvidados (1950), El Bruto (1952) and Nazarín (1959) will be analyzed. It is argued that these films suggest different ways in which poverty is inscribed that put the hegemonic representation imposed by the golden age of Mexican cinema under tension. Moreover, the ideal of desire is recognized as a common mechanism in the actions of its protagonists.

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Juan Pablo Silva Escobar

Centro de Estudios Políticos, Culturales y Sociales de América Latina (epocal),
Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins. Santiago, Chile.