El fin del tahur

Luciana, a young, struggling single mother moves to a seedy Mexican town to find a proper job and provide a good education and a decent living to her son. Jaime Gansi a lonely, self loathing, compulsive gambler is obsessed with beat world weary and expert tahur Almada to prove himself and others that he is not a born loser as everyones calls him. Destiny brings together this out of their luck characters and romance blooms: Luciana thinks she found the right man and a father to her son and Jaime thinks he finally found a woman who believes in him. But his unstoppable addiction to gambling threats their new found happiness.

Directed by Rubén Galindo, El fin del tahur leans on a strong ensemble — Luciana, Mario Almada — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1979.