El Norte (1983)

Directors

Gregory Nava

Cast

Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Lupe Ontiveros, Trinidad Silva, Alicia del Lago, Abel Franco, Enrique Castillo, Tony Plana, Diane Cary, Mike Gomez, Sergi Dagliana, Giuseppe Furia, Pado Hende, Bob Kane, Christina Kokubo, Sabina Vannucchi, Heraclio Zepeda, Sheryl Bernstein, Larry Cedar, Emilio Del Haro, Gregory Enton, Ronald G. Joseph, John Martin, Jorge Moreno, George O'Hanlon Jr., Rodrigo Puebla, Loraine Shields, Julie Silliman, Jomarie Ward, Slavitza Yhuelo

The story

The writing team of Nava and Thomas split the story into three parts: Arturo Xuncax The first part takes place in a small rural Guatemalan village called San Pedro and introduces the Xuncax family, a group of indigenous Mayans. Arturo is a coffee picker and his wife a homemaker. Arturo explains his worldview to his son Enrique and how the indio fares in Guatemalan life, noting that, "to the rich, the peasant is just a pair of strong arms".

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