Del otro lado del puente (1980 film)

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Del otro lado del puente
Directed byGonzalo Martínez Ortega
Written byGonzalo Martínez Ortega
Produced by
StarringJuan Gabriel
Valentin Trujillo
Lucha Villa
Julio Alemán

Narciso Busquets
Cinematography
Edited byCarlos Savage
Music byJuan Gabriel
Release date
  • 17 April 1980 (1980-04-17) (Mexico)[1]
Running time
97 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguagesSpanish
English

Del otro lado del puente (Spanish: "On the Other Side of the Bridge") is a 1980 Mexican musical drama film directed by Gonzalo Martínez Ortega and starring Juan Gabriel, Valentin Trujillo, Lucha Villa, Julio Alemán, , Narciso Busquets and . The story concerns a Mexican who is attracted by stories of unlimited opportunities in the United States, but once he arrives to the country faces a harsh reality, but is nonetheless determined to succeed.[2]

It was one in a wave of Mexican films about the Chicano experience.[3][4] It was the first in a trilogy of films directed by Martínez Ortega and starring Juan Gabriel, followed by the autobiographical duology El Noa Noa (1981) and Es mi vida (1982).[3]

Plot[]

The young Mexican Alberto (Juan Gabriel) lives in Los Angeles with the family of his older brother, Manny (Narciso Busquets) and studies at UCLA with the support of Professor Bob (Julio Alemán). Another young man, Jimmy Joe (Valentin Trujillo), who lives with his sister Estela (Ana Laura Maldonado), is encouraged to quit drug addiction at a youth rehabilitation center coordinated by Manny. Disillusioned with a gringa, Alberto meets Estela at a disco and becomes her boyfriend.

Cast[]

  • Juan Gabriel as Alberto Molina
  • Valentin Trujillo as Jimmy Joe
  • Lucha Villa as Mother
  • Julio Alemán as Professor Bob
  • as Singer
  • Narciso Busquets as Manuel Martínez "Manny"
  • as Estela (as Ana Laura)
  • as Danny Martínez
  • Barbara Kay as Doris
  • Joe Kaniewski
  • as Joey (as Rick Miko)
  • David Povall as TV Announcer (as David Estuardo)
  • Joseanna Garza
  • José Luis Rodríguez
  • José Luis García Agraz
  • Emma Serra
  • Carlos Apodaca
  • Ronnie Cárdenas
  • as Clinic Employee (uncredited)

Production[]

It was filmed in 1978.[1]

Release[]

It was released on the Aragón 2, Colonial, Ermita, Marina, Soledad, Tlatelolco, Variedades, Vallejo 2000, Lago 2, and Premier cinemas on 17 April 1980, for six weeks.[1]

Reception[]

In Historia de la producción cinematográfica mexicana, 1977–1978, Marina Díaz López referred to the film by saying of Juan Gabriel that the "singer owed little of his great fame to his few jobs as a movie star".[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Amador, María Luisa; Ayala Blanco, Jorge (2006). Cartelera cinematográfica, 1980–1989 (in Spanish). UNAM. p. 24. ISBN 970-32-3605-7.
  2. ^ "Del Otro Lado del Puente (1980) - Gonzalo Martinez Ortega". AllMovie.
  3. ^ a b García Riera, Emilio (1998). Breve historia del cine mexicano: primer siglo, 1897–1997 (in Spanish). Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía. ISBN 968-5096-00-7.
  4. ^ Los Chicanos: origen, presencia, destino (in Spanish). Universidad de Colima. 1990.
  5. ^ Díaz López, Marina (2005). Historia de la producción cinematográfica mexicana, 1977–1978 (in Spanish). Vol. 1. Universidad de Guadalajara. p. 182. ISBN 970-2708-29-X. […] Del otro lado del puente, de Juan Gabriel, cantante que poco debió de su gran fama a sus escasos trabajos de galán de cine. [Del otro lado del puente, by Juan Gabriel, singer who owed little of his great fame to his few jobs as a movie star.]

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