Mexican Bus Ride

Mexican Bus Ride

80 mins | Comedy | June 25, 1952

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.

Mexican Bus Ride

80 mins | Comedy | June 25, 1952

Mexican Bus Ride
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Producciones Isla S.A.
Original title Subida al cielo
Directors Jorge López Portillo, Luis Buñuel
Writers Lilia Solano Galeana, Manuel Reachi, Manuel Altolaguirre, Juan de la Cabada, Luis Buñuel

Cast

Lilia Prado

as Raquel

Esteban Márquez

as Oliverio Grajales

Luis Aceves Castañeda

as Silvestre

Manuel Dondé

as Eladio Gonzales

Roberto Cobo

as Juan

Beatriz Ramos

as Elisa

Manuel Noriega

as Licenciado Figueroa

Roberto Meyer

as Don Nemesio Álvarez y Villalbazo

Pedro Elviro

as El cojo

Leonor Gómez

as Doña Linda

Chel López

as Compadre Chema

Paz Villegas

as Doña Ester - Mamá de Oliverio

Gilberto González

as Sánchez Coello

Enedina Díaz de León

as Doña Sixta- mamá de Silvestre (uncredited)

Amparo Garrido

as Justina - hermana de Silvestre (uncredited)

Isabel Herrera

as Pasajera camión (uncredited)

Cecilia Leger

as Doña Clara (uncredited)

Jorge Martínez de Hoyos

as Guia de turistas (uncredited)

José Muñoz

as Don Esteban (uncredited)

Diana Ochoa

as Esposa de Manuel (uncredited)

Salvador Quiroz

as Lucilo Peña (uncredited)

Francisco Reiguera

as Miguel Suárez (uncredited)

Joaquín Roche

as Manuel (uncredited)

Isabel Vázquez

as Cocinera (uncredited)

Polo Ramos

as (uncredited)

Salvador Terroba

as (uncredited)