El Norte (The North)
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3 years, 4 months ago at Nov 29 13:56
(ok) La migración es una gran narrativa de arrastre, road movie con contenido y fin; aquí se mantiene el interés una vez que pasan la frontera, si hay denuncia es a ambos lados, el clise es uniforme y no mina la película
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Mayan Indian peasants, tired of being thought of as nothing more than "brazos fuertes" ("strong arms", i.e., manual laborers) and organizing in an effort to improve their lot in life, are discovered by the Guatemalan army. After the army destroys their village and family, a brother and sister, teenagers who just barely escaped the massacre, decide they must flee to "El Norte" ("the North", i.e., the USA). After receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant on strategies for traveling through Mexico, they make their way by truck, bus and other means to
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Release date: 27 January 1984
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