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Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life. It’s a story that happens every day, but until Gregory Nava’s groundbreaking El Norte (The North), the personal travails of immigrants crossing the border to America had never been shown in the movies with such urgent humanism. A work of social realism imbued with dreamlike imagery, El Norte is a lovingly rendered, heartbreaking story of hope and survival, which critic Roger Ebert called “a Grapes of Wrath for our time.”
Original Release
10/11/1983
US Release
01/11/1984
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ernesto Gómez Cruz | Arturo |
David Villalpando | Enrique |
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez | Rosa |
Alicia del Lago | Lupe |
Mike Gomez | Informer |
Jose Martin Ruano | Foreman |
Stella Quan | Josefita |
Eraclio Zepeda | Pedro |
Emilio Gomez Ozuna | Luis |
Daniel Lemus Valenzuela | Encarnacion |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ernesto Gómez Cruz | Arturo |
David Villalpando | Enrique |
Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez | Rosa |
Alicia del Lago | Lupe |
Mike Gomez | Informer |
Jose Martin Ruano | Foreman |
Stella Quan | Josefita |
Eraclio Zepeda | Pedro |
Emilio Gomez Ozuna | Luis |
Daniel Lemus Valenzuela | Encarnacion |
Rodrigo Puebla | El Puma the Soldier |
Yosahandi Navarrete Quan | Josefita's Daughter |
Emilio Del Haro | Truck Driver |
Jorge Moreno | Old Man on Bus |
Palomo Garcia | Coyote at Bus Station |
Ismael Gamez | Jeering Slumdweller |
Silverio Lujan | Jeering Slumdweller |
Socorro Velazquez | Jeering Slumdweller |
John Martin | Border Guard Ed |
Ronald G. Joseph | Border Guard Joel |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Anna Thomas | Producer |
Bertha Navarro | Producer |
Trevor Black | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1985 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Nominated |