%C3%81nimas Trujano (film)

nimas Trujano El hombre importante English The Important Man is a 1962 Mexican drama film directed by Ismael Rodrguez, based on a novel by Rogelio Barriga Rivas. It stars Toshiro Mifune, Columba Domnguez, Flor Silvestre, and Antonio Aguilar.

The film revolves around a festival of mayordoma in the Mexican Oaxaca state, which revolves around on something like the idea of king for a day. When the town celebrates the feast day of its patron saint, 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 saints local festivities. The post is however very coveted by the locals as it is socially prestigious.nimas Trujano Mifune, dubbed by Narciso Busquets is a drunken, irresponsible peasant who abuses his children and does nothing while his longsuffering 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 Eduardo Fajardo, Trujano sells the baby to the land baron in exchange for a small fortune that makes him eligible to be appointed mayordomo. ........

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