The North

Name: The North
Director: Gregory Nava
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Released: 1984-01-27
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Zaide Silvia Gutierrez, David Villalpando, Alicia del Lago

IMDb link: 0085482
IMDb rating: 7.7 (6,038 votes)
Genres: Adventure, Drama
Director: Gregory Nava
Cast: Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Zaide Silvia Gutierrez, David Villalpando, Alicia del Lago and others

Release date: 27 Jan 1984
Release year: 1983
Runtime: 141 minutes
Country: United States, United Kingdom, Mexico
Keywords: guatemala, los angeles california, san diego california, national film registry, u.s. mexico border, f rated, family relationships, english as a second language, tijuana mexico, guatemalan

Plot:

An Oscar® nominated* 1983 classic from director Gregory Nava (Selena) with an exquisite 2018 restoration by the Academy Film Archive. 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. This timeless, visually epic story of Enrique and Rosa's courageous struggle to make a better life in the U.S. as undocumented immigrants resonates today with remarkable force and remains an unforgettable portrait of the power of the human spirit.

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