El Gallo De Oro (The Golden Cockerel)

A poor man nurses a near-dead fighting rooster, or cockerel, back to life. The cockerel regains its glory in the ring, bringing its owner fame, wealth and romance. Seduced by the glamour of the cock-fighting arenas, this beginner gamesman is tempted into a partnership with a rich gambler and his free-wheeling songstress.

El Gallo De Oro is adapted from a story by Juan Rulfo, one of the greatest Latin American writers. The film adaptation itself was co-scripted by the equally acclaimed Carlose Fuentes and Nobel prize-winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Rulfo's work intertwines two great trends in Mexican literature: explorations of the countryside and the Revolution. El Gallo De Oro is a great example of this intertwining mythology on film.