Mexican Bus Ride
80 mins
Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series of episodes, including an impromptu birthday celebration; a one-legged man writhing in the mud; come-ons from an insatiable small-town belle, Raquel; and Oliverio’s frequent, Freudian nightmares.
Esteban Márquez
Oliverio Grajales
Leonor Gómez
Doña Linda
Chel López
Compadre Chema
Paz Villegas
Doña Ester - Mamá de Oliverio
Gilberto González
Sánchez Coello
Enedina Díaz de León
Doña Sixta- mamá de Silvestre (uncredited)
Isabel Herrera
Pasajera camión (uncredited)
Cecilia Leger
Doña Clara (uncredited)
José Muñoz
Don Esteban (uncredited)
Diana Ochoa
Esposa de Manuel (uncredited)
Joaquín Roche
Manuel (uncredited)
Isabel Vázquez
Cocinera (uncredited)
Polo Ramos
(uncredited)
Salvador Terroba
(uncredited)
Manuel Altolaguirre
Story
Juan de la Cabada
Adaptation
Manuel Altolaguirre
Adaptation
Juan de la Cabada
Dialogue
Lilia Solano Galeana
Dialogue
Manuel Reachi
Story
José Rodríguez Granada
Production Design
Fidel Pizarro
Production Manager
Gonzalo Gavira
Sound Effects
Jesús González Gancy
Sound Director
Gustavo Pittaluga
Original Music Composer
Manuel Ladrón de Guevara
Set Decoration
Felisa Ladrón de Guevara
Makeup Artist
Georgette Somohano
Costume Design
Jorge López Portillo
Assistant Director
María Luisa Bohorques
Hairstylist
Manuel Altolaguirre
Producer
Edward Fitzgerald
Production Design
Jorge Benavides
Special Effects
Armando Carrillo
Camera Operator
Leobardo Sánchez
Camera Operator
William W. Claridge
Other
Eduardo Arjona
Sound Recordist