Yo, Viernes

Yo, Viernes (1975)

Man Friday

Inspirada en "Robinson Crusoe", la famosa novela del escritor inglés Daniel Defoe. El narrador de la historia es "Viernes". Los días de soledad de Robinson Crusoe (Peter O'Toole) tocan su fin, cuando un indígena (Richard Roundtree), único superviviente de un rito tribal, aparece en la isla. Crusoe le da el nombre de "Viernes", y lo toma a su servicio como criado. Como pertenecen a culturas radicalmente distintas, los conflictos cotidianos entre ambos son inevitables: Robinson pretende que Viernes aprenda y adopte sus costumbres, pero el nativo no puede ni quiere olvidar sus orígenes. Sin embargo, se da perfecta cuenta de que para sobrevivir en el extraño mundo del hombre blanco, no tendrá más remedio que actuar con astucia y cumplir, aunque sea aparentemente, sus normas.

Fecha de estreno
1975-03-04
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (36)
Duración
2 h 0 min
Géneros
Aventura, Comedia
Director
Jack Gold

Reparto

Curiosidades

  • Basada en: Robinson Crusoe

Man Friday is a 1975 adventure film directed by Jack Gold and starring Peter O'Toole and Richard Roundtree. It is adapted from the 1973 play by Adrian Mitchell based on Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe, but reverses the roles, portraying Crusoe as a blunt, stiff Englishman, while the native he calls Man Friday is much more intelligent and empathic. The film can be regarded as being critical of western civilization, against which it draws a contrasting picture of Caribbean tribal life.

Production

The film was based on a TV play by Adrian Mitchell which aired in 1972 as part of BBC's Play for Today.Colin Blakely starred.

Mitchell adapted this for the stage which premiered in London in 1973.

The film was one of the first financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. It was meant to be filmed in Hawaii but wound up shot in Mexico at Puerto Vallarta due to cheaper costs. There were two weeks of rehearsal then five weeks of filming in Mexico starting December 1974.

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