Is Mexican Bus Ride violent?

Not especially. Less violent than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Mexican Bus Ride end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Mexican Bus Ride sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Mexican Bus Ride scary?

Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Mexican Bus Ride easy watching?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Mexican Bus Ride

Name: Mexican Bus Ride
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1952
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Esteban Márquez, Lilia Prado, Luis Aceves Castañeda, Manuel Dondé, Roberto Cobo

Directed by Luis Buñuel

Produced by Producciones Isla S.A.

195280 min6.6 / 10

A surreal, darkly comic journey through rural Mexico where a man's race against time to save his dying mother becomes a picaresque gauntlet of absurd encounters and psychological unraveling.

Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series of episodes, including an impromptu birthday celebration; a one-legged man writhing in the mud; come-ons from an insatiable small-town belle, Raquel; and Oliverio’s frequent, Freudian nightmares.

Clusters

Funny Movies About Life's Meaning Dark Comedy Drama Sexy Romance Films Roads and Railways Combat and Battles

Genres

Comedy Drama

Keywords

Race Against Time Funeral Ranch Bus Ride Lawyer Inheritance Political Campaign Temptation Deathbed Temptress 1950s Adult Illiteracy

Questions people ask

Is Mexican Bus Ride violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Does Mexican Bus Ride end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.
Is Mexican Bus Ride sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.
Is Mexican Bus Ride scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.
Is Mexican Bus Ride easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.