A boy struggles against his stifling family life during the 1954 Guatemala coup.A boy struggles against his stifling family life during the 1954 Guatemala coup.A boy struggles against his stifling family life during the 1954 Guatemala coup.
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Oscar Almengor
- Neto Yepes
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- TriviaGuatemala's official submission to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Los orígenes del silencio (2005)
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A Competent Guatemalan Coming-of-Age Story
I have this one on DVD cause I bought it at a book fair years ago. I watched it then and was not impressed. Today, it rang a little different due to the political undertones happening in Guatemala. It does a good job of telling a coming-of-age story in the middle of such a tumultuous political event as was Arbenz' coup d'etat.
Neto is not a particularly interesting character and I think that's where the film fails to connect. In fact, the only interesting character is the uncle because he's the only one bringing much needed conflict into the plot and giving Neto that push to come out of his shell. This is, again, another one of those films you should watch if you want to get invested in Guatemalan film history, but I wouldn't recommend it otherwise.
Neto is not a particularly interesting character and I think that's where the film fails to connect. In fact, the only interesting character is the uncle because he's the only one bringing much needed conflict into the plot and giving Neto that push to come out of his shell. This is, again, another one of those films you should watch if you want to get invested in Guatemalan film history, but I wouldn't recommend it otherwise.
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- Jan 6, 2024
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