El norte: The north

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...

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Veröffentlicht: [Irvington, N.Y.] Criterion Collection c2008
Ausgabe:Director-approved special ed
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:DVD; Dolby digital mono. - 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.). - Booklet inserted in container. - DVD.
El norte: Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Alicia del Lago
Cinematography, James Glennon ; editor, Betsy Blankett ; music, Los Folkloristas and Melecio Martinez ; DVD producer, Abbey Lustgarten
disc 1. The film -- disc 2. The supplements
Beschreibung:2 videodiscs (140 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.)