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El Norte (1983)

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Country: GB/US
Technical: col 139m
Director: Gregory Nava
Cast: Zaide Silvia Gutierrez, David Villalpando

Synopsis:

A peasant brother and sister flee Guatemala and arrive in Los Angeles where they make good but are pursued by immigration officials and sickness.

Review:

A striking film, deeply poetic and lucid about modern life and timeless ideals. The acting is first-rate, the length barely noticed. As the couple comes within sight of L. A., Nava selects the jubilant climax of the third movement of Mahler's Fourth Symphony, a no doubt ironic comment on what they have lost and gained.

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Country: GB/US
Technical: col 139m
Director: Gregory Nava
Cast: Zaide Silvia Gutierrez, David Villalpando

Synopsis:

A peasant brother and sister flee Guatemala and arrive in Los Angeles where they make good but are pursued by immigration officials and sickness.

Review:

A striking film, deeply poetic and lucid about modern life and timeless ideals. The acting is first-rate, the length barely noticed. As the couple comes within sight of L. A., Nava selects the jubilant climax of the third movement of Mahler's Fourth Symphony, a no doubt ironic comment on what they have lost and gained.


Country: GB/US
Technical: col 139m
Director: Gregory Nava
Cast: Zaide Silvia Gutierrez, David Villalpando

Synopsis:

A peasant brother and sister flee Guatemala and arrive in Los Angeles where they make good but are pursued by immigration officials and sickness.

Review:

A striking film, deeply poetic and lucid about modern life and timeless ideals. The acting is first-rate, the length barely noticed. As the couple comes within sight of L. A., Nava selects the jubilant climax of the third movement of Mahler's Fourth Symphony, a no doubt ironic comment on what they have lost and gained.

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