Animas Trujano (other)
Ánimas Trujano may refer to: * ''Ánimas Trujano'' (film), a 1962 Mexican film directed by Ismael Rodríguez * Ánimas Trujano, Oaxaca Animas Trujano is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 6.7 km², and it is part of the Centro District in the Valles Centrales region. Its climate is warm most of the time, and the munic ...

Ánimas Trujano (film)
''Ánimas Trujano'' (''El hombre importante'') (''The Important Man'') is a 1962 Mexican drama film directed by Ismael Rodríguez, based on a novel by Rogelio Barriga Rivas. It stars Toshiro Mifune, Columba Domínguez, Flor Silvestre, and Antonio Aguilar. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot The film's setting is a town in Oaxaca during the festival of its patron saint, for which the church appoints a layman as ''mayordomo'' or steward, an honor that in effect is gained by being able to organize and cover the high costs of most of the saint's local festivities. The post is however very coveted by the locals as it is socially prestigious. Ánimas Trujano (Mifune, dubbed by Narciso Busquets) is a drunken, irresponsible peasant who abuses his children and does nothing while his long-suffering wife supports the family. Obsessed with earning the respect which is denied to him by his peers as a result of his behavior, Trujano aims to be ''ma ...
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