Cualquier Cosa (1979)
An actor from the provinces, a soap-opera star, reaches the big city with dreams of success. Partly through sincerity and partly prompted by an uneasy conscience, he wants to revolutionize the traditional photo-novel by linking it to social and political reality, to "bring social conscience to the masses" by utilizing this traditionally manipulative and alienating mass medium. The film narrates, in a tragicomic tone, the itinerary followed by Gualberto Rodriguez in his efforts to produce his 'revolutionary' photo-novel: the story of a peasant that migrates to the city, becomes a blue-collar worker, tries to establish a union, and ends up falling in love with the factory owner's daughter. The 'revolutionary' ends up being used, manipulated, and his project fails completely.
Director: Douglas Sánchez
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Jaime Garza as Gualberto Rodríguez |
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Cecilia Toussaint as Cecilia |
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Dora Guerra as Mónica |
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Ana Silvia Garza as Reportera |
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Gisela Iranzo as Rocío Monteforte |
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José Iván Santiago as Tony |
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Salvador Garcini as Félix Roldán |
| Directing | Douglas Sánchez | Director |
| Crew | Alejandro Gamboa | Cinematography |
| Sound | José Iván Santiago | Sound |
| Editing | José Iván Santiago | Editor |
| Editing | Douglas Sánchez | Editor |
| Writing | Douglas Sánchez | Writer |