We the Poor

(1948)

★ 8.1 IMDb · 116 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1948

Runtime: 128 мин

Country: Mexico

Director: Ismael Rodríguez

Cast: Pedro Infante, Blanca Estela Pavón, Evita Muñoz, Carmen Montejo, Miguel Inclán, Rafael Alcayde, Katy Jurado, María Gentil Arcos, Delia Magaña, Amelia Wilhelmy

Plot

Carpenter Pepe El Toro lives peacefully with his daughter Chachita in an impoverished Mexico City neighborhood. He pursues a romance with the pretty Celia, but tragedy comes knocking on his door when he is falsely accused of having perpetrated a felony.

Two kids take a book from a trash can. They begin to read the story of a poor neighborhood in Mexico City. Carpenter Pepe "El Toro" (Infante) lives with his daughter Chachita (Munoz) and woos pretty "Chorreada" (Pavon). Around them, a group of fellows live their lives in many ways: a pair of always-drunk women known as "La Tostada" (The Toast) and "La Guayaba" (The Guava); a beautiful woman (Jurado) who always oversleeps; a hooker with pneumonia (La Tisica) with a dark past. Tragedy comes when Pepe is falsely accused of robbery and sent to the jail.