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El Norte
Running Time: 141 min.
Produced By: / Cinecom Pictures / Independent Productions / Island Alive

Summary:
El Norte is a realistic picture of both the Guatemalan government's oppression of the Quiche Indians and the hard life of illegal immigrants in the United States. After the Guatemalan army destroys their village of San Pedro, two teenage Quiche Mayan... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew: Zaide Silvia Gutierrez (Rosa Xuncax) David Villalpando (Enrique Xuncax) Ernesto Gómez Cruz (Arturo Xuncax) Alicia del Lago (Lupe Xuncax) All Cast & Crew >> Review: While any number of films have been made about plucky immigrants who come to the United States, few possess the plain-spoken honesty and simple emotional power of Gregory Nava's El Norte, at once a moving testimony to the thirst for freedom and a sob ... Continue >>

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