70
Los Angeles Times
Mournful and engrossing, the film traces Gutierrez's life through the people he knew and the places he lived.
The Short Life of José Antonio Gutiérrez (Das kurze Leben des José Antonio Gutiérrez)
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- Germany,
- Switzerland
- 2006
- · 99m
Director
Heidi Specogna
Cast
Marc Montez,
Patrick Atkinson,
Fabian Girón,
Veronica Morales,
Engracia Sirín Paz Gutierrez,
Wenda Periera
Genre
Documentary
A look behind the heroic story of a Guatamalan immigrant who became the first U.S. soldier to die in the American-led war in Iraq.
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70
Film Threat
One of those docs that takes the life of an individual and surrounds it with other people's stories that are just as absorbing.
70
Variety by Robert Koehler
Sensitively and methodically tells the story of the first U.S. soldier killed in the 2003 Iraq invasion.
50
Village Voice
With only a few letters and family photos, director Heidi Specogna never brings her subject to life.
50
The New York Times
Although Ms. Specogna's film fleshes out his life to the extent that it can -- leaning heavily on still photographs and interviewing loved ones, social workers and fellow Marines -- the portrait remains frustratingly incomplete.
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