Young Cain (1959)
2h 2m
Running Time
October 5, 1959Release Date
Plot.
Juana moves with her son Juan from the country to Caracas in search of better work and educational opportunities. When they get there they have to live in a poor home in one of the slums located in the city's outskirts, where they encounter a horrible world full of promiscuity and misery, that is quite different from what they expected and that eventually will lead Juana to self-destruction and Juan to reconsider his life in the city.
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Cast & Crew.
Carlota Ureta Zambrano
Berta Moncayo
Enrique Alzugaray
Rafael Briceño
Édgar Jiménez
Orángel Delfín
Milagros del Valle
Pedro Hurtado
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 5, 1959
Original NameCaín Adolescente
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 2m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
pregnancy
motherhood
poverty
life in the slums
Wiki.
Adolescence of Cain (Spanish: Caín Adolescente) is a 1959 Venezuelan film and the first film of the Venezuelan filmmaker Román Chalbaud. It was based on his homonymous theatre play. The widow Juana (Carlota Ureta Zamorano) moves to the slums of Caracas with her son Juan (Edgar Jimenez). The film follows the impact of poverty on their relationships.
The film has been described as "historically and artistically significant" in many ways.
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