The Forgotten People

The young man Haiber (played by Roberto Cobo) who escaped from the juvenile detention center led the children to bully the blind old man (Miguel Inclán) who was doing business in the street. ), robbed him of his money and broke his drum. In the evening, an unnamed country boy "Little Eyes" (played by Mário Ramírez) was abandoned by his father in the market. One of the children, Pedro (played by Alfonso Mejia), sympathized with him and took him to a friend's cowshed to spend the night. Pedro himself was disgusted by his mother (Estela Inda) because he hung out with gangsters all day long and did not find a job to help the family. He was also kicked out of the house. But Haiber was thinking about the holiday he had with another boy a year ago, so he asked Pedro to take him to seek revenge. Pedro wants to leave Haiber and return to his mother's love, but things are not as simple as imagined... The film was nominated for Best Film at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival and won the Best Director Award. In 1953, it won the British Film and Television Association Best Film Award.