Nava has made a film that is essentially indistinguishable from "Love Story."
El Norte
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United Kingdom, United States · 1983
Rated R · 2h 21m
Director Gregory Nava
Starring Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Lupe Ontiveros
Genre Drama
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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. One of the first films to examine what it feels like to be an undocumented immigrant through their eyes.
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TV Guide Magazine by Frank Lovece
An effective and moving drama about the strength of the human spirit and the will to survive.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
This is the first film to approach the subject of "undocumented workers" solely through their eyes. This is not one of those docudramas where we half-expect a test at the end, but a film like "The Grapes of Wrath" that gets inside the hearts of its characters and lives with them.
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