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Young and the Damned (The)
Original Title
Los Olvidados - aka...The Forgotten Ones- Director: Luis Buñuel
- Writer: Luis Alcoriza; Max Aub
- Producer: Óscar Dancigers; Sergio Kogan
CGiii Comment
Quite remarkable for its day...
Buñuel doesn't let go...he plays with emotion, lulling you into a false sense of empathy and then hits you between the eyes.
It's a bleak world - no-one is immune to lovelessness, disloyalty and an inherent cruelty.
The bleakest depiction of humanity.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, and the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
Cast & Characters
Estela Inda as La madre de Pedro;
Miguel Inclan as Don Carmelo, el ciego;
Alfonso Mejia as Pedro;
Roberto Cobo as El Jaibo;
Alma Delia Fuentes as Meche;
Francisco Jambrina as El director de la escuela granja;
Jesus Navarro as El padre de Julian;
Efrain Arauz as Cacarizo;
Sergio Villarreal;
Jorge Perez as Pelon;
Javier Amezcua as Julian;
Mario Ramirez as Ojitos;
Ernesto Alonso as La voz al comienzo de la pelicula;
Victorio Blanco as Viejo del mercato;
Rubin Campos as Un asilado