Las aventuras de Pito Pérez

Las aventuras de Pito Pérez
Las aventuras de Pito Pérez
Directed by	Juan Bustillo Oro
Written by	María Luisa Algarra (additional dialogue); Juan Bustillo Oro (additional dialogue); Fernando de Fuentes (adaptation)
Based on	La vida inútil de Pito Pérez; by
Produced by	Fernando de Fuentes
Starring	Germán Valdés
Cinematography
Edited by	Carlos Savage
Music by	Luis Hernández Bretón
Release date	27 February 1957 (Mexico);
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

Las aventuras de Pito Pérez ("The Adventures of Pito Pérez") is a 1957 Mexican film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro and produced by Fernando de Fuentes,^[1] and starring Germán Valdés. It is based on the 1938 novel La vida inútil de Pito Pérez by .

In 2012, in the 60th anniversary of José Rubén Romero's death, the film was shown in the Manuel M. Ponce Hall of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.^[2]

Plot[]

After a long absence, Pito Pérez (Germán Valdés), a homeless man, returns to his village and recounts all his adventures.

Cast[]

Germán Valdés as Jesús Pérez Gaona "Pito Pérez" (as Tin Tan)
Anabelle Gutiérrez as Chucha (as Anabel Gutierrez)
Andrés Soler as Señor del Rincón
Consuelo Guerrero de Luna as Doña Jovita
Eduardo Alcaraz as Padre Pureco
Marcelo Chávez as Don J. de J. Jiménez, apothecary (as Marcelo)
Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo as Don Santiago Bolaños
Lupe Inclán as Pelagia, nurse
as Gayosso's patient
José Jasso as Dr. Gayosso
Rafael Estrada as Don Pepe
as Don Goyo, barman
Ramón Valdés as Truck Driver
as Doña Refugito
as Prisoner (uncredited)
as Gayosso's patient (uncredited)
Lupe Carriles as Doña Huicha (uncredited)
as Don Ruperto (uncredited)
as Angry bakery client (uncredited)
as Boy who buys liquor (uncredited)
Conchita Gentil Arcos as Spectator of false missionary (uncredited)
as Tortilla seller (uncredited)
as Doña Cholita (uncredited)
as Anticlerical prisoner (uncredited)
as Prisoner (uncredited)
as Don Lino, baker (uncredited)
as Apothecary client (uncredited)
as Religious prisoner (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Gayosso's patient (uncredited)
as Porter (uncredited)
as Drink seller (uncredited)
as Friend of don Pepe (uncredited)
as Doña Catita (uncredited)
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Hernán Vera as Don Tacho (uncredited)

References[]

^ Dann Luna, p. 8
^ "Exhiben cinta 'Las aventuras de Pito Pérez' en el ciclo Cinema Palacio" [Film 'Las aventuras de Pito Pérez' exhibited in the Cinema Palacio series]. Coordinación Nacional de Literatura (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes.

Bibliography[]

Dann Luna, Ilana. Adapting Gender: Mexican Feminisms from Literature to Film. SUNY Press, 2018.

External links[]

Las aventuras de Pito Pérez at IMDb

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[1] Dann Luna, p. 8

[2] "Exhiben cinta 'Las aventuras de Pito Pérez' en el ciclo Cinema Palacio" [Film 'Las aventuras de Pito Pérez' exhibited in the Cinema Palacio series]. Coordinación Nacional de Literatura (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes.

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