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==Plot==
==Plot==
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The film starts with two children taking a book from a trash can. The book is titled "We the Poor". The children read it.
The film begins with two children taking a book out of a trash can. The book is titled "We the Poor". The children sit on the curb together, open it and read it. Inside are the credits and a foreword from the movie's director.


It tells the story of a poor neighbourhood in [[Mexico City]]. Pepe el Toro, a carpenter and a womanizer, lives with his adoptive child Chachita, who is curious to know how her mother looked since Pepe told her that she died in labour. In front of them lives the pretty Celia, better known as ''La Chorreada''. Pepe, secretly from Chachita, tries to woo Celia, but her abusive stepfather Don Pilar disapproves of this. Around them is a cast of characters, such as two drunk women known as ''La Tostada'' (Toasted) and ''La Guayaba'' (Guava); the beautiful yet sleepy woman known as ''La que se levanta tarde'' (The one who wakes up late) and a mysterious prostitute named Yolanda or ''La Tisica'' (The [[Tuberculosis]], the disease she suffers from) who constantly tries to talk with Pepe, but he rejects her. At this point, what happened between them is never mentioned.
Pepe el Toro (the bull), a carpenter and a flirt, lives with his adopted daughter Chachita in a poor neighbourhood in [[Mexico City]]. Although Pepe has always told Chachita that her mother died the day Chachita was born, she is curious to know what her mother looks like and often asks Pepe to tell her about her mother. Chachita asks Pepe to promise that he won't date or marry, to honor her beloved mother. Pepe scoffs at the idea, as he knows the truth. Celia , better known as ''La Chorreada''lives across the street from Pepe and Chachita. Pepe, tries to woo Celia without Chachita finding out, but Celia's abusive stepfather Don Pilar disapproves of the impending romance and tries to prevent it.


In their neighborhood is a cast of characters, such as two drunk women known as ''La Tostada'' (Toasted) and ''La Guayaba'' (Guava); as well as the beautiful yet sleepy woman known as ''La que se levanta tarde'' (The one who wakes up late). There is also a mysterious prostitute named Yolanda or ''La Tisica'' (The [[Tuberculosis]], nicknamed after the disease she suffers from) who constantly tries to talk with Pepe, but he avoids her.
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As the [[Day of the Dead]] arrives, Chachita and Celia go to visit Chachita's mother's tomb at the cemetery, but a woman reveals to them that the tomb belongs to her daughter. Chachita, heart broken, goes back with Pepe to confront him, but he refuses to reveal her mother's whereabouts. While Celia tries to convince him, Chachita finds out about their affair, which worsens the situation.


A few days later, a rich lawyer, Montes, arrives to the neighbourhood asking Pepe for a table. When Montes sees Celia, he becomes infatuated. He constantly comes back to seduce her, but Celia always rejects him, Montes gives her a card with his address and phone number.
A rich lawyer, Montes, comes to the neighbourhood and asks Pepe to make a table for him.


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As the [[Day of the Dead]] arrives, Chachita and Celia go to visit Chachita's mother's tomb at the cemetery, but a woman reveals to them that the tomb really belongs to her daughter. Chachita, heartbroken, goes home to confront Pepe, but he refuses to reveal where her mother's tomb is located. Chachita storms out of the room and Celia tries to get the truth from him. Pepe tells Celia that he can't say. Celia tells him that she thinks what the town has been saying about him must be true: that Pepe killed Chachita's mother. Chachita sees them kissing, which then worsens the situation.
On Chachita's birthday, Yolanda appears and tries to get to Chachita, but Pepe prevents it, she begs him to forgive her, and as Chachita and Celia try to reconcile, both see them, Chachita runs away and Celia gets extremely jealous and confronts Pepe, finally he tells her that Yolanda is in fact his sister. After this, Pepe no longer trusts Celia, breaking her heart.


On Chachita's birthday, the townspeople encourage Pepe to serenade to Chachita for her birthday, Pepe and the others sing ''[[Las Mañanitas]]'' and Chachita finally comes to the window, and everyone goes in Pepe's home to celebrate. Celia attempts to give Chachita a gift, but Chachita refuses it and goes outside. Celia tries to reconcile with Chachita, but it doesn't go well. Pepe goes outside to talk to the both of them but sees Yolanda waiting to talk to him. He quickly ushers Yolanda out of sight where she tells him she is going away, but both Celia and Chachita see Pepe with Yolanda. Celia gets extremely jealous and confronts him, Chachita is upset. Pepe sends Chachita home and tries to talk to Celia, then he finally agrees to tell her the truth, that Yolanda is in fact his sister, but says if he tells her that it is over between them, breaking her heart.
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At the party, Pepe's friends are arrested for accidentally stealing the food. Montes comes back and gives Pepe $400 so he can buy the wood for the table, Pepe gives the money to Chachita so she can hide it until he comes back with the wood, unfortunately as Chachita was hiding the cash, Don Pilar saw her. A few minutes later, Don Pilar enters and steals the money, but Pepe's paraplegic mom sees him, he notices this but ignores her.


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At the party, Pepe's friends are arrested for accidentally stealing the food. Montes comes back and gives Pepe $400 so he can buy the wood for the table, and Pepe gives the money to Chachita so she can hide it until he comes back with the wood. Unfortunately as Chachita is hiding the cash, Don Pilar sees her. A few minutes later, Don Pilar enters and steals the money, but Pepe's paraplegic mom sees him, he notices this but ignores her.
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After Pepe believes that Chachita lost the money, he begins to work for Doña Merneciana, a rich woman, in order to recover the money, meanwhile a gang led by Ledo, offer him to cooperate on a robbery at Merenciana's house but he refuses the offer, at night, Pepe finds Merenciana's dead body and he is blamed for the murder. Montes manages to send him to jail since he is unable to recover his money.

Montes sees Celia, he becomes infatuated and offers her a secretarial job, and tries to give her his business card but she refuses to take it, he tosses his business card on the ground. Yolanda sees Celia picking the card up, tears up the card and warns Celia that Montes is not worth the trouble.

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Pepe begins to work for Doña Merneciana, a rich woman, to earn the money he needs to repay Montes for the table. Meanwhile a gang led by Ledo, offers him a job helping on a robbery at Merenciana's house but he refuses the offer. That night, Pepe finds Merenciana's dead body and he is blamed for the murder. Montes manages to send him to jail since he is unable to recover his money.


For a few days, Chachita and Celia unsuccessfully try to visit Pepe in jail, because he constantly gets in trouble fighting the other inmates. Celia decides to break with Pepe and stay with Montes so she can earn some money in order to get Pepe out of jail. After Montes and Celia have sex, she feels guilty and runs away to never see Montes again.
For a few days, Chachita and Celia unsuccessfully try to visit Pepe in jail, because he constantly gets in trouble fighting the other inmates. Celia decides to break with Pepe and stay with Montes so she can earn some money in order to get Pepe out of jail. After Montes and Celia have sex, she feels guilty and runs away to never see Montes again.


Chachita and Pepe's mom are kicked from the house and the carpentry is closed. Don Pilar and Celia let them stay at their home. However Don Pilar turns mad since he begins to feel guilty of his actions, and brutally beats Pepe's mother. At jail Pepe hears that his mom is sent to the hospital and breaks out, while at the hospital Chachita begs to the doctor to attend her grandma, but finds out that he is attending a dying Yolanda, she pleads to the Doctor to kill Yolanda and save her grandma instead. Pepe arrives and tells Chachita that Yolanda is her biological mother, both Chachita and Yolanda break in tears and bid their farewells. Pepe does the same with his mom before turning into the authorities.
Chachita and Pepe's mom are kicked out of their house and the carpentry is closed. Don Pilar and Celia let them stay at their home. However Don Pilar turns mad since he begins to feel guilty of his actions, and brutally beats Pepe's mother. At jail Pepe hears that his mom is sent to the hospital and breaks out, while at the hospital Chachita begs to the doctor to attend her grandma, but finds out that he is attending a dying Yolanda, she pleads to the Doctor to kill Yolanda and save her grandma instead. Pepe arrives and tells Chachita that Yolanda is her biological mother, both Chachita and Yolanda break in tears and bid their farewells. Pepe does the same with his mom before turning into the authorities.


Back in jail, Pepe encounters Ledo and his gang, he manages to take them to a closed cell, where Pepe kills the gang and cuts Ledo's eye out, instead of killing him, he makes Ledo confess that he killed Doña Merenciana.
Back in jail, Pepe encounters Ledo and his gang, he manages to take them to a closed cell, where Pepe kills the gang and cuts Ledo's eye out, instead of killing him, he makes Ledo confess that he killed Doña Merenciana.
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A few months later, Pepe reunites with Chachita and Celia, with whom he has married and had a baby boy called "El Torito". They go to the cemetery to visit the graves of Pepe's mom and sister, there Chachita encounters again with the woman and asks her "did you mistake the tomb again?" to which Chachita replies: "No, now I have a tomb to cry for".
A few months later, Pepe reunites with Chachita and Celia, with whom he has married and had a baby boy called "El Torito". They go to the cemetery to visit the graves of Pepe's mom and sister, there Chachita encounters again with the woman and asks her "did you mistake the tomb again?" to which Chachita replies: "No, now I have a tomb to cry for".


The two kids, stop reading the book when they find a page that says: End of Chaper One. They close the book and throw it back to the trash can.
The two kids, stop reading the book when they find a page that says: End of Chaper One. They close the book and throw it back in the trash can.


==Cast==
==Cast==

Revision as of 02:13, 23 September 2020

For the telenovela, see Nosotros los pobres (telenovela).
Nosotros los pobres
Film poster
Directed byIsmael Rodríguez
Written byCarlos González Dueñas
Ismael Rodríguez
Pedro de Urdimalas
Produced byIsmael Rodríguez
StarringPedro Infante
Evita Muñoz
CinematographyJosé Ortiz Ramos
Edited byFernando Martínez
Music byManuel Esperón
Release date
25 March 1948
Running time
128 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Nosotros los pobres ("We, the Poor") is a 1948 Mexican drama film directed by Ismael Rodríguez. It was originally titled Topillos y Planillas (named after two of the characters in the film and before the main character Jose "Pepe el Toro" was created), but later changed after its author Pedro de Urdimalas heard Abel Cureño (who's also in the film and at that time was playing a street vendor selling oranges in the radio show La Banda de Huipanguillo) commenting (in character) about the unfair treatment of the poor people in the city exclaimed: "Nosotros los pobres somos despreciados por la gente; Nosotros los pobres no tenemos nada" ("We the poor are outcast by society; We the poor own nothing".) "Although it won no prizes, it remained for many years Mexico's all-time leader in box-office receipts and is often shown on television". [1]

Plot

The film begins with two children taking a book out of a trash can. The book is titled "We the Poor". The children sit on the curb together, open it and read it. Inside are the credits and a foreword from the movie's director.

Pepe el Toro (the bull), a carpenter and a flirt, lives with his adopted daughter Chachita in a poor neighbourhood in Mexico City. Although Pepe has always told Chachita that her mother died the day Chachita was born, she is curious to know what her mother looks like and often asks Pepe to tell her about her mother. Chachita asks Pepe to promise that he won't date or marry, to honor her beloved mother. Pepe scoffs at the idea, as he knows the truth. Celia , better known as La Chorreadalives across the street from Pepe and Chachita. Pepe, tries to woo Celia without Chachita finding out, but Celia's abusive stepfather Don Pilar disapproves of the impending romance and tries to prevent it.

In their neighborhood is a cast of characters, such as two drunk women known as La Tostada (Toasted) and La Guayaba (Guava); as well as the beautiful yet sleepy woman known as La que se levanta tarde (The one who wakes up late). There is also a mysterious prostitute named Yolanda or La Tisica (The Tuberculosis, nicknamed after the disease she suffers from) who constantly tries to talk with Pepe, but he avoids her.

A rich lawyer, Montes, comes to the neighbourhood and asks Pepe to make a table for him.

As the Day of the Dead arrives, Chachita and Celia go to visit Chachita's mother's tomb at the cemetery, but a woman reveals to them that the tomb really belongs to her daughter. Chachita, heartbroken, goes home to confront Pepe, but he refuses to reveal where her mother's tomb is located. Chachita storms out of the room and Celia tries to get the truth from him. Pepe tells Celia that he can't say. Celia tells him that she thinks what the town has been saying about him must be true: that Pepe killed Chachita's mother. Chachita sees them kissing, which then worsens the situation.

On Chachita's birthday, the townspeople encourage Pepe to serenade to Chachita for her birthday, Pepe and the others sing Las Mañanitas and Chachita finally comes to the window, and everyone goes in Pepe's home to celebrate. Celia attempts to give Chachita a gift, but Chachita refuses it and goes outside. Celia tries to reconcile with Chachita, but it doesn't go well. Pepe goes outside to talk to the both of them but sees Yolanda waiting to talk to him. He quickly ushers Yolanda out of sight where she tells him she is going away, but both Celia and Chachita see Pepe with Yolanda. Celia gets extremely jealous and confronts him, Chachita is upset. Pepe sends Chachita home and tries to talk to Celia, then he finally agrees to tell her the truth, that Yolanda is in fact his sister, but says if he tells her that it is over between them, breaking her heart.

At the party, Pepe's friends are arrested for accidentally stealing the food. Montes comes back and gives Pepe $400 so he can buy the wood for the table, and Pepe gives the money to Chachita so she can hide it until he comes back with the wood. Unfortunately as Chachita is hiding the cash, Don Pilar sees her. A few minutes later, Don Pilar enters and steals the money, but Pepe's paraplegic mom sees him, he notices this but ignores her.

Montes sees Celia, he becomes infatuated and offers her a secretarial job, and tries to give her his business card but she refuses to take it, he tosses his business card on the ground. Yolanda sees Celia picking the card up, tears up the card and warns Celia that Montes is not worth the trouble.

Pepe begins to work for Doña Merneciana, a rich woman, to earn the money he needs to repay Montes for the table. Meanwhile a gang led by Ledo, offers him a job helping on a robbery at Merenciana's house but he refuses the offer. That night, Pepe finds Merenciana's dead body and he is blamed for the murder. Montes manages to send him to jail since he is unable to recover his money.

For a few days, Chachita and Celia unsuccessfully try to visit Pepe in jail, because he constantly gets in trouble fighting the other inmates. Celia decides to break with Pepe and stay with Montes so she can earn some money in order to get Pepe out of jail. After Montes and Celia have sex, she feels guilty and runs away to never see Montes again.

Chachita and Pepe's mom are kicked out of their house and the carpentry is closed. Don Pilar and Celia let them stay at their home. However Don Pilar turns mad since he begins to feel guilty of his actions, and brutally beats Pepe's mother. At jail Pepe hears that his mom is sent to the hospital and breaks out, while at the hospital Chachita begs to the doctor to attend her grandma, but finds out that he is attending a dying Yolanda, she pleads to the Doctor to kill Yolanda and save her grandma instead. Pepe arrives and tells Chachita that Yolanda is her biological mother, both Chachita and Yolanda break in tears and bid their farewells. Pepe does the same with his mom before turning into the authorities.

Back in jail, Pepe encounters Ledo and his gang, he manages to take them to a closed cell, where Pepe kills the gang and cuts Ledo's eye out, instead of killing him, he makes Ledo confess that he killed Doña Merenciana.

A few months later, Pepe reunites with Chachita and Celia, with whom he has married and had a baby boy called "El Torito". They go to the cemetery to visit the graves of Pepe's mom and sister, there Chachita encounters again with the woman and asks her "did you mistake the tomb again?" to which Chachita replies: "No, now I have a tomb to cry for".

The two kids, stop reading the book when they find a page that says: End of Chaper One. They close the book and throw it back in the trash can.

Cast

Trilogy

The film was followed by two sequels, Ustedes los ricos (You the Rich) in 1948 and Pepe the Bull (Pepe el toro) in 1953. Rodríguez directed all three films, with Infante and Muñóz returning for both sequels, while Pavón only reprised her character in Ustedes los ricos, as she died in a plane crash in 1949.

Notes

  1. ^ Mora, Carl J. (2005). Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004. McFarland. p. 81. ISBN 978-0786469253.
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