''Ánimas Trujano'' (''El hombre importante'') (''The Important Man'') is a 1962 Mexican

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film directed by

Ismael Rodríguez Ismael Rodríguez (October 19, 1917 – August 7, 2004) was a Mexican film director. Rodríguez rose to fame due to the movies he directed starring Pedro Infante, and directed many major stars, including Dolores del Río, María Félix, Tos ...

, based on a novel by

Rogelio Barriga Rivas Rogelio Barriga Rivas (March 15, 1912 – January 9, 1961 in Mexico City), was a Mexican author born in Tlacolula, Oaxaca. Biography Despite his short career, Barriga is considered one of the best writers of his time. He took a degree in law, ...

. It stars

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Columba Domínguez Columba Domínguez Alarid (March 4, 1929 – August 13, 2014) was a Mexican actress, singer, and painter. She is remembered particularly for her performance in the film ''Pueblerina'' (1949). Biography Early life Columba Domínguez Alarid was bo ...

Flor Silvestre Guillermina Jiménez Chabolla (16 August 1930 – 25 November 2020), known professionally as Flor Silvestre, was a Mexican singer and actress. She was one of the most prominent and successful performers of Mexican and Latin American music, and ...

, and

Antonio Aguilar José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Márquez Barraza (17 May 191919 June 2007) was a Mexican singer, actor, songwriter, equestrian, film producer, and screenwriter with a dominating career in music. He recorded over 150 albums, which sold 25 mill ...

. The film was nominated for an

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Plot

The film's setting is a town in

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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 Narciso Busquets Zárate (8 September 1931 – 14 December 1988) was a Mexican actor of theater, film, television, radio and voice-over. He also directed a film, ''Sin fortuna'', in 1980. He began his acting career in 1937, as a child actor, and ...

) 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 ''mayordomo'' in the annual festival and begins to do everything he can to get the needed money. After his eldest daughter is impregnated out of wedlock by the son of the local land baron (played by

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), Trujano sells the baby to the land baron in exchange for a small fortune that makes him eligible to be appointed ''mayordomo''. Meanwhile, Trujano's wife (

) encounters trouble when it is revealed that her husband has been seeing a local woman of dubious morals (

Cast

as Ánimas Trujano (dubbed by

) *

as Juana *

as Catalina *

Pepe Romay Pepe is a pet form of the Spanish name José (Josep). It is also a surname. * People Mononyms *Pepe (footballer, born 1935), real name José Macia, Brazilian footballer *Pepe (footballer, born 1983), real name Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira, ...

as Pedrito (as Pepito Romay) *

Titina Romay Titina is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Titina De Filippo (1898–1963), Italian actress and playwright * Titina Loizidou, party in a landmark European legal case * Titina Mocoroa (d. 2001), Argentine physicist * ...

as Dorotea *

Amado Zumaya Amado may refer to: Places * Amado, Arizona Name * Amado Crowley (1930–2010), occult teacher and self-proclaimed illegitimate son of Aleister Crowley * Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956-1997), Mexican drug kingpin and former leader of the Juárez Ca ...

as Compadre * José Chávez as Brujo *

Luis Aragón Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

as Tendero * Juan Carlos Pulido as Belarmino *

Magda Monzón Magda is a feminine given name, sometimes a short form (hypocorism) of names such as Magdalena, which may refer to: * Magda Apanowicz (born 1985), Canadian actress * Magda B. Arnold (1903–2002), Czechoslovakian-born American psychologist * Ma ...

Jaime J. Pons Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in Aragon it became ''Chaime'', and i ...

as Carrizo *

David Reynoso David Reynoso (29 January 1926 – 9 June 1994) was a Mexican actor. He appeared in more than 170 films and television shows between 1955 and 1994. He was also a Deputy of The Seventh Federal Electoral District of the Federal District and die ...

as Criton *

as El Español *

as Tadeo

Awards and nominations

The film was nominated for the

and a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1962.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Animas Trujano 1962 drama films 1962 films 1960s Spanish-language films Films directed by Ismael Rodríguez Mexican drama films Mexican black-and-white films 1960s Mexican films

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Cast

Awards and nominations

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