¡Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes! (1941)
- Directed by
- Joselito Rodríguez
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film, musical film
- Country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 2h 02m
- Rated
- C
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 21 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young man defends his honor and his homeland in 1940s Mexico. He sings, fights, and falls in love along the way.
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What happens
¡Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes! (English: "Jalisco, don't back down") is a 1941 Mexican film directed by Joselito Rodríguez, starring Jorge Negrete, Gloria Marín and Carlos López. It is the prequel to El Ametralladora, starring Pedro Infante in the role as Salvador Pérez Gómez 'El Ametralladora'. It is based on the book ¡Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes! by Aurelio Robles Castillo. Evita Muñoz was five years old when she played the character Chachita in the film, and also earning her the nickname she was known by for the length of her career. It was released at the Cine Olimpia on November 12, 1941. Jorge Negrete and Gloria Marín first met at the reading for the film and, although Negrete was already married, they both had chemistry both on and off the camera which became evident in the film. After the movie they remained friends, and when Negrete returned from New York to film his next movie, they began a stormy relationship that lasted several years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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La canción del milagro (1940)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.