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Nov 28, 1986 · The Realm of Fortune: Directed by Arturo Ripstein. With Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Blanca Guerra, Alejandro Parodi, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez. Poor Dionisio finds himself as recipient of the good fortune, but soon he forgets that everything that goes up also has to go down, and that in the depressing nothingness of his town it is easy to die.
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- Drama
- Arturo Ripstein
- 1986-11-28
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- Ernesto Gómez Cruz
- Arturo Ripstein
- Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía
Desperate to escape poverty, villager Dionosio Pinzón restores an injured rooster to health and starts pitting it in cockfights. When the bird proves to be a fierce competitor, the money begins rolling in and Dionosio abandons his humble roots to cultivate the trappings of wealth.
The Realm of Fortune (Spanish: El imperio de la fortuna) is a 1986 Mexican drama film directed by Arturo Ripstein. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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THE REALM OF FORTUNE. Arturo Ripstein Mexico, 1986. Drama. 132. MATURE. Cloaked in the magical-realist atmosphere of its original source material—Mexican writer Juan Rulfo’s much-adapted cockfighting story—Arturo Ripstein’s is a baroque and brutish retelling.
