El Norte

    Genre
    Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    145 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    1983
  • |
    • Countries
    USA, UK
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Latin American Spanish
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Gregory Nava
WRITTEN BY:
Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas
CAST INCLUDES:
Lupe Ontiveros, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Trinidad Silva, Alicia del Lago

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

After their family is killed in a government massacre, brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee Guatemala and embark on a perilous journey to "El Norte": the United States. Gregory Nava's Academy Award nominated, deeply affecting drama is rated an impeccable 92% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, is " beautifully lensed and comes across as a kind of giant Renaissance canvas," raves Variety.

SYNOPSIS

When a group of Mayan Indians decides to organize a labor union to improve conditions in their village, their community is violently destroyed by the Guatemalan army. Teenage siblings, Rosa (Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez) and Enrique (David Villalpando) manage to escape the massacre and decide to start a new life in El Norte – the USA. The two trek through Mexico, meeting a variety of characters and facing trials and tribulations on their journey toward lives as illegal immigrants in Los Angeles.

El Norte

    Genre
    Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    145 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    1983
  • |
    • Countries
    USA, UK
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Latin American Spanish
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Gregory Nava
WRITTEN BY
Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas
CAST INCLUDES
Lupe Ontiveros, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Trinidad Silva, Alicia del Lago
After their family is killed in a government massacre, brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee Guatemala and embark on a perilous journey to "El Norte": the United States. Gregory Nava's Academy Award nominated, deeply affecting drama is rated an impeccable 92% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, is " beautifully lensed and comes across as a kind of giant Renaissance canvas," raves Variety.

When a group of Mayan Indians decides to organize a labor union to improve conditions in their village, their community is violently destroyed by the Guatemalan army. Teenage siblings, Rosa (Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez) and Enrique (David Villalpando) manage to escape the massacre and decide to start a new life in El Norte – the USA. The two trek through Mexico, meeting a variety of characters and facing trials and tribulations on their journey toward lives as illegal immigrants in Los Angeles.

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