El ojo de vidrio (film)

For the telenovela, see El ojo de vidrio (telenovela).
El ojo de vidrio

Theatrical release poster
Directed by René Cardona Jr.
Produced by Jacobo Derechín
Screenplay by Alfredo Varela, Jr.
Story by Alfredo Varela, Jr.
Antonio Aguilar
Based on El ojo de vidrio 
by Víctor Cordero
Starring Antonio Aguilar
Flor Silvestre
Manuel Capetillo
Eleazar García
Alejandro Reyna
Guillermo Rivas
Music by Enrico C. Cabiati
Cinematography Raúl Domínguez
Edited by Federico Landeros
Production
company
Distributed by Cinematografica Águila
Release dates
  • October 23, 1969 (1969-10-23) (Mexico)
Running time
117 minutes
Country Mexico
Language Spanish

El ojo de vidrio (English: The Glass Eye) is a 1969 Mexican revolution-epic film directed by René Cardona Jr., starring Antonio Aguilar, Flor Silvestre, Manuel Capetillo, Eleazar García, Alejandro Reyna and Guillermo Rivas. With a backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, the film recounts the story of former horse wrangler and bandit Porfirio Alcalá y Buenavista who becomes the subject of a popularly known corrido along with his four cousins, after being notoriously heroic for raiding rich landlords and helping the poor. Being each notable for having one eye as the result of an injustice, the five heroes meet two townswomen and a theater actor who helps them disguise for their various raids. As their last raid attack, they take vengeance to the man who caused their tragedy, and evade revolutionary troops who call for peace after Porfirio Díaz resigns and is exiled.

El ojo de vidrio, shot on location in Tayahua, Zacatecas, was a box-office hit[1] in Mexican theaters and particularly distinctive for its imaginative use of mixing drama with comic relief within the main characters. The film's story and screenplay were written by Antonio Aguilar and Alfredo Varela, who also portrays the theater actor. The film is also notable for being 117 minutes long, which is not the average runtime for normal low-budget Mexican films. It spawned the sequel Vuelve el ojo de vidrio released the next year.

Cast

Home entertainment releases

El ojo de vidrio was first released in VHS in 1991 by Million Dollar Video, and later in 2003 under the "Antonio Aguilar: Colleción Clásica". In 2006, Tekila Films digitally restored the film and released in the DVD format, with bonus features such as scene selections and biographies.

References

  1. Medina, Francisco. "Antonio Aguilar y La Tigresa arquetipos del churro del cine de la Revolución". El Punto Critico. Retrieved 7 November 2011.

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