LOS OLVIDADOS aka LOS OLVIDADOS: THE YOUNG AND THE DAMNED

Year: 1950
UK: BFI Distribution
Cast: Estela Inda, Miguel Inclan, Alfonso Mejia, Roberto Cobo, Alma Delia Fuentes, Francisco Jambrina, Jesús Garcia Navarro, Efrain Arauz, Sergio Villarreal, Jorge Perez, Javier Amezcua, Mario Ramirez
Director: Luis Bunuel
Country: Mexico
Language: Spanish (English subtitles)
UK: 81 mins
UK Certificate: 12A contains moderate violence and sex references
UK Release Date: 16 February 2007 (Limited Re-release London, NFT and key cities)
UK Distributor

Synopsis

LOS OLVIDADOS is set in the slums of Mexico City where the film chronicles several days in the life of Pedro, a young boy who lives on the streets, including his relations with his fellow gang members, his loveless mother, and especially with the charismatic, self-serving gang leader Jaibo. Jaibo however soon enough makes Pedro an unwitting accomplice to murder and the two boys' fates become intertwined. Jaibo becomes not only Pedro's surrogate father, but also his rival and inescapable tormentor.

Los Olvidados was Bunuel's first major Mexican film and it established him as a world-class director and helped revolutionise Mexican filmmaking