Roosters
Encyclopedia
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.
. 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.
1993 in film
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American
Cinema of the United States
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dramatic film with a screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
by Milcha Sanchez-Scott that is adapted from her play of the same name. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...
in 1993 before being released in the United States in 1995.
Plot
Gallo Morales (Olmos) returns home after being imprisoned for seven years for murdering a man over a cockfightCockfight
A cockfight is a blood sport between two roosters , held in a ring called a cockpit. Cockfighting is now illegal throughout all states in the United States, Brazil, Australia and in most of Europe. It is still legal in several U.S. territories....
. 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.
Cast
- Edward James Olmos.....Gallo Morales
- Sônia Braga.....Juana Morales
- María Conchita Alonso.....Chata
- Danny Nucci.....Hector Morales
- Sarah Lassez.....Angela Estelle Morales