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The North (El Norte)

DVD
141 min
1984
PN1997 .N6785 2005 DVD

Beginning in the remote mountain jungles of Guatemala, awash with the lushness of nature and the rainbow colors of the Mayans, this highly-acclaimed drama about a brother and sister seeking a better life centers on two young Indians. When their father is killed by government soldiers and their mother taken away, they set out for the "promised land" to the north-El Norte. It is a perilous journey frought with dangers. Tijuana is a dismal shantytown inhabited by many people who are ready to cheat and kill for their meager possessions. To cross the U.S. border, they must brave a treacherous rat-infested sewage tunnel. And when their trials are not yet over, for they are "illegals" sub-merged in an alien culture.

A stunningly photographed, powerfully acted, moving story, EL NORTE is a deft blend of drama and dream imagery hailed as "an enormously special film, a work of great sophistication that...has the truth, the magic of a piece of folk art."

Spanish with English subtitles.

Distributed by Frontera Films.

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