Miguel Manzano

The River and Death

Admin — Thu, 30 Jun 1955 00:00:00 +0000

A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people of the village. Now, today, there are only two sons left, one in each family. One has become a doctor in the big city and his culture is modern. The other last one – of the other family – hasn’t left the village and is waiting for the doctor to come “home” as he plans to kill him, to settle this war on this matter of honor once and for all. And the people of the village want blood.

Illusion Travels by Streetcar

Admin — Fri, 01 Jan 1954 00:00:00 +0000

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to “take ‘er for one last spin,” as it were. Unfortunately, the “one last spin” ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the “borrowed” Streetcar!

A Woman Without Love

Admin — Tue, 01 Jan 1952 00:00:00 +0000

After indulging in an affair with a man (a friend of the family) she truly loves, a woman returns to her young son and husband for good, and loses contact with the man. Her husband is unaware of the affair. Twenty years later, there is news that the friend has died and left all of his money to the younger son in the family, which leads us to question this younger son’s biological origin.