| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
013600 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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polychrome rdacc |
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color |
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stamping rdapm |
| Description |
digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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sound rdasco |
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surround rdacpc |
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5.1 Dolby Digital |
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2.39:1 |
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wide screen rdaar |
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NTSC rdabs |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 1156 |
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Criterion collection ; 1156.
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| System Details |
DVD ; NTSC ; region 1 ; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround ; 2.39:1 widescreen. |
| Language |
Spanish, Ixil, and Kaqchikel dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
Wide screen (2.39:1). |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2019. |
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Special features: 2K digital master, approved by director Jayro Bustamante ; new interview with Jayro Bustamante ; documentary on the making of the film featuring interviews with cast and crew ; trailer ; new English subtitle translation ; an essay by journalist and novelist Francisco Goldman. |
| Contents |
1. Trial preparations -- 2. Visions of danger -- 3. The witnesses -- 4. A verdict and its consequences -- 5. Monteverde is discharged -- 6. The new maid -- 7. Searching for Sara -- 8. A perverse encounter -- 9. Family secrets -- 10. Carmen's nightmares -- 11. Alma's children -- 12. Haunting crimes -- 13. Cleansing the spirits -- 14. Vengeance -- 15. The funeral -- 16. End credits -- 17. Color bars. |
| Cast |
Mariá Mercedes Coroy, Margarita Kénefic, Sabrina De La Hoz, Julio Díaz, María Telón, Ayla-Elea Hurtado, Juan Pablo Olyslager. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Nicolás Wong Díaz ; editing, Gustavo Matheu, Jayro Bustamante ; music, Pascual Reyes. |
| Summary |
A country's bloody history stains the present in the Guatemalan auteur Jayro Bustamante's transfixing fusion of folk horror and searing political commentary, inspired by the real-life indictment of the authoritarian Efraín Ríos Montt for crimes against humanity. A notorious, now aging former military dictator stands trial for atrocities committed against Guatemala's Maya communities. While battling legal repercussions and the people's demands for justice, he and his family are plagued by a series of increasingly strange and disturbing occurrences, seemingly brought on by an enigmatic new housekeeper. With a restraint that renders the film's shocks all the more potent, Bustamante crafts a chilling vision of a national reckoning with collective harms and the restless ghosts of a past that refuses to die. |
| Terms Of Use |
For private home use only. |
| Subject |
War criminals -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Genocide -- Guatemala -- 20th century -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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War crimes -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Mayas -- Violence against -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Denial of justice -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Spirits -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Retribution -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Llorona (Legendary character) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Spanish language materials. |
| Genre |
Historical films.
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Political films.
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Horror films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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War films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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DVD-video discs.
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Foreign films, Spanish.
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Spanish language materials.
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| Added Author |
Bustamante, Jayro, screenwriter, film producer, film director, editor of moving image work.
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Sanchez, Lisandro, screenwriter.
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Matheu, Gustavo, film producer, editor of moving image work.
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Renand, Georges, film producer.
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Peralta, Marina, film producer.
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Coroy, María Mercedes, actor.
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Kénefic, Margarita, actor.
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Hoz, Sabrina de la, actor.
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Diaz, Julio (Actor), actor.
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Telón, María, actor.
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Hurtado, Ayla-Elea, actor.
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Olyslager, Juan Pablo, actor.
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Wong Díaz, Nicolás, 1988- director of photography.
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Reyes, Pascual, composer (expression)
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Goldman, Francisco, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Guatemala. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte, production company.
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Casa de Producción (Firm), production company.
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Films du Volcan, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Standard No. |
715515278218 |
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715515278218 |
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00715515278218 gtin-14 |
| Music No. |
CC3412D The Criterion Collection |
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