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2) El norte
Series
Criterion collection volume 458
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
Mayan Indian peasants are tired of being thought of as nothing more than manual laborers. They organize an effort to improve their lot in life, but are discovered by the Guatemalan army. After the army destroys their village and family, Enrique and Rosa, a teenage brother and sister, who barely escaped the massacre, decide they must flee to United States. After receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant on...
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
On the rough streets of Los Angeles, an unlikely romance is born when Maggie, a down-on-her-luck runaway, runs into a kindhearted illegal immigrant, David, trying to make a new home away from El Salvador as a nightclub busboy. Together they begin an unforgettable journey involving a host of colorful characters including philosophical stripper and a sassy, unusual librarian.
Series
Criterion collection volume 458
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
Español
Description
The journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva: depicts the life of a fictional poet caught in a civil war and jailed, but then set free on the condition he leaves his country and never returns.
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....
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