Roosters
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Director Robert M. Young Genres Drama, Indie film, Sports Country United States | 6.2/10 IMDb Cinematography Reynaldo Villalobos Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 14, 1993 (1993-09-14) Writer Milcha Sanchez-Scott (play), Milcha Sanchez-Scott (screenplay) Cast Edward James Olmos (Gallo Morales), Sarah Lassez (Angela Estelle Morales), Sônia Braga (Juana Morales), María Conchita Alonso (Chata), Danny Nucci (Hector Morales)Similar movies The Captive , Ain't Them Bodies Saints , Rudy , Supremacy , The Anderson Tapes , Baby Boy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roosters is a 1993 American dramatic film with a screenplay by Milcha Sanchez-Scott that is adapted from her play of the same name. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1993 before being released in the United States in 1995.
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Plot
Gallo Morales (Olmos) returns home after being imprisoned for seven years for murdering a man over a cockfight. His family welcomes him back with mixed feelings. While his daughter Angela (Lassez) is eager to have him back, his son Hector (Nucci) feels otherwise. Hector desires to leave behind the farm and wants to use the family's prize-winning cock, which he has inherited from his grandfather, to win money in order to move his family away. However, Gallo has returned from prison determined to continue the business and to raise a new flock of roosters. Hector and Gallo soon clash over their differing goals.
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