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El norte The north
Title
El norte [videorecording] = The north / Janus Films ; [presented by] Independent Productions in association with American Playhouse ; screenplay by Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas ; original story by Gregory Nava ; directed by Gregory Nava ; produced by Anna Thomas.
ISBN
9781604651096
1604651091
Edition
Director-approved special edición.
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2008.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm)
Notes
Series numbering from container spine.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983.
"Enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs"--Container.
Container insert features an essay : Promised land / by novelist Héctor Tobar and Roger Ebert's 1983 review of the film.
"1.78:1 aspect ratio"--Container.
Special features (disc 1): optional director's audio commentary; theatrical trailer (2 min.).
Special features (disc 2): "In the service of the shadows : the making of 'El norte'" interview featurette with Nava, producer and co-writer Anna Thomas, actors Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and David Villalpando, and set designer David Wasco (60 min.); "Scouting in Chiapas" gallery of Chiapas location-scouting photographs; "The journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva" Nava's award-winning student film with optional director introduction (1972, 31 min.).
Cinematography, James Glennon ; editor, Betsy Blankett ; music, Los Folkloristas and Melecio Martinez ; DVD producer, Abbey Lustgarten.
In Spanish, Kiché and English with optional English and English SDH subtitles.
Summary
El norte: Enrique and Rosa are brother and sister Mayan Indian peasants, living in the mountains of Guatemala. When the village attempts to organize for better treatment, Enrique and Rosa are forced to flee as the Guatemalan army is sent in to punish the townspeople. Receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant, they make their way to Los Angeles, hoping to make a new life as young, uneducated, and illegal immigrants.
The journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva: depicts the life of a fictional poet caught in a civil war and jailed, but then set free on the condition he leaves his country and never returns.
Variant and related titles
North.
The journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Spanish; Mayan languages; English
Added to Catalog
October 23, 2009
Series
Criterion collection ; 458.
Credits
Cinematography, James Glennon ; editor, Betsy Blankett ; music, Los Folkloristas and Melecio Martinez ; DVD producer, Abbey Lustgarten.
Cast
El norte: Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Alicia del Lago.
The journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva: Marco Antonio Rubio.
System details note
DVD; Dolby digital mono.
Contents
Disc 1. The film
disc 2. The supplements.
Subjects
Also listed under
Independent Productions, Ltd.
American Playhouse Theatrical Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Janus Films.
Folkloristas.
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