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El norte
Title
El norte [videorecording] / director, Gregory Nava ; producer, Anna Thomas ; original screenplay by Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas ; produced in association with American Playhouse.
ISBN
9781604651133
160465113X
Edition
Blu-Ray special ed.
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2008.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Notes
Title from container; credits from accompanying booklet.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1983.
Essay by novelist Héctor Tobar and Roger Ebert's 1983 review of the film in accompanying booklet.
Includes special features.
Cinematography, James Glennon ; editor, Betsy Blankett.
Soundtrack in English, K'iche, and Spanish; optional subtitles in English.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Summary
Mayan Indian peasants are tired of being thought of as nothing more than manual laborers. They organize an effort to improve their lot in life, but are discovered by the Guatemalan army. After the army destroys their village and family, Enrique and Rosa, a teenage brother and sister, who barely escaped the massacre, decide they must flee to United States. After receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant on strategies for traveling, they make their way by truck, bus and other means to Los Angeles, where they try to make a new life as young, uneducated, and illegal immigrants.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Mayan languages; Spanish
Added to Catalog
May 09, 2022
Series
Criterion collection ; 458
Credits
Cinematography, James Glennon ; editor, Betsy Blankett.
Cast
Ernesto Gómez Cruz, David Villalpando, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, Alicia del Lago, Miguel Gomez Giron, Jose Martin Ruano, Stella Quan, Eraclio Zepeda.
System details note
Blu-Ray; mono.; region A.
This Blu-Ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.
Videorecording number
CC1791BD Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Action and adventure films.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Criterion Collection (Firm)
American Playhouse Theatrical Films.
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