| Other author/creator | Ripstein, Arturo. |
| Other author/creator | López Lechuga, Héctor. |
| Other author/creator | Garciadiego, Paz Alicia, 1949- |
| Other author/creator | Gómez Cruz, Ernesto. |
| Other author/creator | Guerra, Blanca, 1953- |
| Other author/creator | Parodi, Alejandro. |
| Other author/creator | Gutiérrez, Zaide Silvia. |
| Other author/creator | Alvarez, Lucía, 1948- |
| Other author/creator | Rulfo, Juan Gallo de oro. |
| Other author/creator | Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía. |
| Other author/creator | Desert Mountain Media (Firm) |
| Variant title |
English title: Realm of fortune |
| Series |
Latin cinema collection
Latin cinema collection. ^A564476
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| Abstract |
A poor peasant is given a loser fighting cock for food, but he instead trains it and begins to make money. His new-found fortune attracts the local cabaret singer and he becomes attracted to her, believing she is his good luck charm. |
| Abstract |
"Historia de Dionisio Pinzón, anunciador de palenques, y de un regalo que le cambia la vida; un gallo moribundo. Tras la muerte de su madre y la recuperación del gallo, éste hace ganar dinero a Dionisio en los palenques. La fortuna parece sonreírle, y más aún cuando la mujer que ama accede a casarse con él". |
| General note | Originally produced as a motion picture in Mexico in 1985. |
| General note | Based on the book El gallo de oro by Juan Rulfo. |
| General note | Digitally restored from the original film negative. |
| General note | Special features include biographies and filmographies of Arturo Ripstein, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, and Blanca Guerra. |
| Credits | Director of photography, Angel Goded ; editor, Carlos Savage ; music, Lucía Alvarez. |
| Cast |
Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Blanca Guerra, Alejandro Parodi, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Language | Spanish language soundtrack (stereo 2.0) with optional English subtitles. |
