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La llorona / La Casa de Producción ; en coproducción con Les Films du Volcan presentan ; una película de Jayro Bustamante ; guión, Jayro Bustamante, Lisandro Sanchez ; productores, Jayro Bustamante, Gustavo Matheu, Georges Renand, Marina Peralta ; dirección, Jayro Bustamante.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC3412DDVD | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: Spanish Original language: Spanish Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 1156.Publisher: [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 videodisc (96 min.) ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781681439884
  • 1681439883
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Nicolás Wong Díaz; editing, Gustavo Matheu, Jayro Bustamante; music, Pascual Reyes.
Cast: Maria Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz, Margarita Kénefic, Julio Díaz, María Telón.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 Mayan 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. Spoken in Spanish, IXIL, and Kaqchikel with English subtitles.
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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 Mayan 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. Spoken in Spanish, IXIL, and Kaqchikel with English subtitles.

Director of photography, Nicolás Wong Díaz; editing, Gustavo Matheu, Jayro Bustamante; music, Pascual Reyes.

Maria Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz, Margarita Kénefic, Julio Díaz, María Telón.

DVD, wide screen (2.39:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 Dolby Digital; surround.

Spanish dialogue; English subtitles.

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 Mayan 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. Spoken in Spanish, IXIL, and Kaqchikel with English subtitles.

Special features: 2K digital master; New interview; Documentary on the making of the film; Trailer; Essay.

For private home use only.

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