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Juan Rogelio García García, better known as Juan Orol (August 4, 1897 in Lalín, Pontevedra, Spain – May 26, 1988 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a Mexican-Spanish actor, producer, screenwriter and film director. He was known as The King of the Mexican Film noir. He was also known as The Involuntary Surrealist. He was a pioneer of the Mexican cinema's first talkies and one of the main promoters of the Rumberas film in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. His films have been described as cult films.
Juan Rogelio García García was born on August 4, 1897 in the parish of Santiso, in the town of Lalin in Pontevedra, Spain. His father was a commander of the Spanish armed forces. His mother, a woman of peasant origin, was a single mother. Later, she married a man who didn't want to take care of another man's son, so she sent Orol to Cuba to live with a friend.
In Cuba, Orol lived in the low neighborhoods, known in Cuba as "solares". There, he had a lot of contact with people of African origin, who taught him all his dance techniques. Young Orol had many occupations at the same time: boxer, mechanic, racing driver, journalist, actor, bullfighter and police officer. He abandoned boxing when his face was disfigured. In his racer role, was about to drive in Indianapolis, but he lacked a few tenths to the mark of 118 miles per hour. In his role as a bullfighter, he passed through South America under the name of Espartero or Esparterito. Later, he moved to Mexico, where he was also part of the secret police. His biography is absolutely bizarre, full of impossible and unconnected episodes. But despite his poor cultural training, he survived. His steps in the bullfight arena and the police order were a great inspiration for subsequent film work. His premature widowhood put on face with a parental responsibility. He started working on the radio as artistic director and publicist while he contacting with the nascent Mexican film industry.
Actors: Juan Carlos Bonet (actor), Alfonso Borbolla (actor), Julio Bracho (actor), Rodrigo Cachero (actor), Rodrigo Corea (actor), Roger Cudney (actor), Alberto Estrella (actor), Mauricio Galaz (actor), Octavio Ocaña (actor), Jesús Ochoa (actor), Javier Solórzano (actor), Roberto Sosa (actor), Roberto Wohlmuth (actor), Jorge Zamora (actor), Juan Manuel Bernal (actor),
Plot: Juan Orol, was born in Galicia, Spain at the end of the XIX Century. As a child, his mother sent him away to Cuba, looking for a relative he never found. He grew up wildly and encroached in many disciplines such as baseball, boxing, race cars and bull fighting, this last career effort moved him to Mexico, where he got married and started a new life as a cop. After the Cristiada War, he widowed and looked for an opportunity in Mexican Cinema where he hit the jackpot on his first feature and became the main B Side exponent of the GOLDEN AGES of Mexican movie industry in the 20th Century.
Keywords: artist, baseball-player, boxing, bullfighting, cabaret, camera, cemetery, character-name-in-title, cigarette-smoking, death-by-poison
Entrevista a: Sebastián del Amo, (Director) Alejandro Velázquez, (Productor) Roberto Sosa, (Interpreta a Juan Orol) Jorge Zamora "Zamorita", (Actor) Jesús Ochoa, (Actor) Ximena González Rubio, (Interpreta a Rosa Carmina) Carmen Ortega, (Productora) Producida por Imcine, a través de Cine-SecuenciaS en la TV Una coproducción, Imcine y Canal 22 Derechos Reservados, México 2012
Sinopsis e imágenes aquí: http://www.imcine.gob.mx/peliculas/296
Juan Orol fue un personaje mítico, detrás y frente a la cámara. El cine fue su pasión. Tuvo una infancia tormentosa desde que salió de su natal España rumbo a Cuba y luego a México, envuelto en una vorágine de pasiones que lo llevaron a buscar en las más bellas musas el elixir deseado para su cine gangsteril y de rumberas. Hizo populares sus películas en el llamado cine negro mexicano en la época dorada. Fue muchas veces elogiado por su trabajo fílmico, pero también fue desacreditado por algunos. Llevó a la gloria a sus estrellas y su nombre quedó escrito entre los más populares realizadores de Cuba y México.
Entrevista: Sebastián del Amo, (Guionista y director) Yolanda Montes "Tongolele" (Actriz) Cine-SecuenciaS en la TV Una coproducción, Imcine y Canal 22 Derechos Reservados, Mexico 2012.
Entrevista a: Sebastián del Amo, (Director) Roberto Sosa, (Portagonista) Carlos Hidalgo, (Director de fotografía) Producida por Imcine, a través de Cine-SecuenciaS en la TV Una coproducción, Imcine y Canal 22 Derechos Reservados, Mexico 2012
El Fantástico Mundo de Juan Orol es la biografía de uno de los íconos de la historia del cine mexicano, es la historia de un hombre, de origen gallego, que después de varias peripecias llegó a México para volverse, de manera involuntaria, en el creador de varios géneros cinematográficos: rumberas, gangsters y hippies, obteniendo un enorme éxito en taquilla pero con unas críticas terribles. Se le conoce como el gran "surrealista involuntario". Mezclando color con blanco y negro, escenarios y vestuarios ricos en detalles y vistosidad, y a un elenco de estrellas modernas rindiendo homenaje a las estrellas de la época de oro, esta comedia ha sorprendido a la crítica y el público al presentar con humor, identidad y creatividad la vida, el romance y el espíritu de un personaje tan carismático co...
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Juan Rogelio García García, better known as Juan Orol (August 4, 1897 in Lalín, Pontevedra, Spain – May 26, 1988 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a Mexican-Spanish actor, producer, screenwriter and film director. He was known as The King of the Mexican Film noir. He was also known as The Involuntary Surrealist. He was a pioneer of the Mexican cinema's first talkies and one of the main promoters of the Rumberas film in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. His films have been described as cult films.
Juan Rogelio García García was born on August 4, 1897 in the parish of Santiso, in the town of Lalin in Pontevedra, Spain. His father was a commander of the Spanish armed forces. His mother, a woman of peasant origin, was a single mother. Later, she married a man who didn't want to take care of another man's son, so she sent Orol to Cuba to live with a friend.
In Cuba, Orol lived in the low neighborhoods, known in Cuba as "solares". There, he had a lot of contact with people of African origin, who taught him all his dance techniques. Young Orol had many occupations at the same time: boxer, mechanic, racing driver, journalist, actor, bullfighter and police officer. He abandoned boxing when his face was disfigured. In his racer role, was about to drive in Indianapolis, but he lacked a few tenths to the mark of 118 miles per hour. In his role as a bullfighter, he passed through South America under the name of Espartero or Esparterito. Later, he moved to Mexico, where he was also part of the secret police. His biography is absolutely bizarre, full of impossible and unconnected episodes. But despite his poor cultural training, he survived. His steps in the bullfight arena and the police order were a great inspiration for subsequent film work. His premature widowhood put on face with a parental responsibility. He started working on the radio as artistic director and publicist while he contacting with the nascent Mexican film industry.
Fair young maid all in a garden
Stange young man, passerby
He said, "Fair maid, will you marry me?"
This then, sir, was her reply:
Oh, no, kind sir, I cannot marry thee
For I've a love who sails all on the sea.
He's been gone for seven years
Still no man shall marry me
What if he's in some battle slain
Or drownded (sic) in the deep salt sea
What if he's found another love
And he and his love both married be?
Well, if he's in some battle slain
I will go and mourn all on his grave
And if he's drowned in the deep salt sea
I'll be true to his memory
And if he's found another love
And he and his love both married be
I'll wish them health and happiness
Where they dwell across the sea
He picked her up all in his arms
Kisses gave her: One, two, three
Said, Here am I, my own true love
I am your long-lost John Riley!