El Norte (1983) Criterion Collection 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi

Posted on November 18, 2013

El Norte / The North (1983)

Adventure | Drama | Thriller

"When will we find a home?" Rosa asks her brother Enrique at the end of their long journey. Alone in a strange land, they have only each other. The search for roots and the importance of family inform Gregory Nava's and Anna Thomas's lyrical and emotionally powerful El Norte, just as they will the filmmakers' later My Family, which showed at Sundance in 1995. One of the first films to portray faithfully the plight of Central American political refugees, El Norte is a remarkable fusion of documentary realism and visual poetry. When their father is killed and their mother arrested by the military, Rosa and Enrique flee the coffee fields of Guatemala for el norte, a place they know only from pictures in their godmother Josefita's Better Homes and Gardens magazines. Their trip is often harrowing, taking them through the teeming squalor of Tijuana to the anonymous streets of Los Angeles, but there is time for joy and laughter, too. They learn English in a lively night school, and when Rosa is intimidated by the laundry room in the house she is cleaning at her new job, she washes the clothes by hand and spreads them on the lawn to dry as she used to do at home. Thomas's eloquently crafted characters are brought to vibrant life by Zaide Gutierrez's and David Villalpando's remarkable performances, and the authentic music and James Glennon's moody cinematography create an indelible sense of place.

Starring: David Villalpando, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, John Martin, Trinidad Silva, Tony Plana, Larry Cedar
Director: Gregory Nava

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El.Norte.1983.720p.BluRay.x264-WiKi

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TAGLINE……………….: El Norte
GENRE…………………: Adventure | Drama | Thriller
IMDb RATING……………: 7.7/10 (2,877 votes)
IMDb LINK……………..: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085482

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ENCODER……………….: dong1010
RELEASE DATE…………..: 2013-10-26
RELEASE SIZE…………..: 7.96 GiB
SOURCE………………..: 1080p.AVC.LPCM1.0-BeyondHD

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RUNTIME……………….: 2h:20m:55s
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RESOLUTION…………….: 1280×720
DISPLAY ASPECT RATIO……: 1.78:1
FRAME RATE…………….: 23.976 fps
AUDiO CODEC……………: Spanish DD1.0 @ 448 Kbps

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