El Norte (1983)
October 11, 1983Release Date
El Norte (1983)
October 11, 1983Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
Rosa
David Villalpando
Enrique
Lupe Ontiveros
Nacha
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Arturo
Trinidad Silva
Monte
Alicia del Lago
Lupe
Mike Gomez
Informer
Jose Martin Ruano
Foreman
Stella Quan
Josefita
Heraclio Zepeda
Pedro
Emilio Gomez Ozuna
Luis
Daniel Lemus Valenzuela
Encarnacion
Gregory Nava
Director
Enrique Castillo
Jorge
Rodrigo Puebla
El Puma the Soldier
Anna Thomas
Writer
Rodolfo De Alexandre
Ramon
Yosahandi Navarrete Quan
Josefita's Daughter
Emilio Del Haro
Truck Driver
James Glennon
Cinematographer
Betsy Blankett Milicevic
Editor
Palomo Garcia
Coyote at Bus Station
Bob Morones
CastingDirector
Ismael Gamez
Jeering Slumdweller
Silverio Lujan
Jeering Slumdweller
Socorro Velazquez
Jeering Slumdweller
Jomarie Ward
Helen Rogers (as Jo Marie Ward)
David Wasco
Set Designer / Set Dresser
Bertha Navarro
Producer
Trevor Black
Producer
Hilary Wright
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 11, 1983
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 21m
Budget$800,000
Filming LocationsCalifornia, United States of America · Mexico
Genres
Wiki.
El Norte (English: The North) is a 1983 independent drama film, directed by Gregory Nava. The screenplay was written by Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas, based on Nava's story. The movie was first presented at the Telluride Film Festival in 1983, and its wide release was in January 1984.The drama features Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and David Villalpando, in their first film roles, as two indigenous youths who flee Guatemala due to the ethnic and political persecution of the Guatemalan Civil War. They head north and travel through Mexico to the United States, arriving in Los Angeles, California, after an arduous journey.
The picture was partly funded by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), a non-profit public broadcasting television service in the United States.
El Norte received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1985, the first Latin American independent film to be so honored. In 1995, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".