El Norte (1983)

	Ernesto Gómez Cruz	Arturo Xuncax
	David Villalpando	Enrique Xuncax
	Zaide Silvia Gutierrez	Rosa Xuncax
	Alicia del Lago	Lupe Xuncax
	Miguel Gomez Giron	Informer
	Jose Martin Ruano	Foreman
	Stella Quan	Joefita
	Eraclio Zepeda	Pedro
	Rodolfo Aleiandre
	Sheryl Bernstein
	Enrique J. Castillo
	Larry Cedar
	Diane Civita

Director

Gregory Nava

Producer

Anna Thomas

Writer

Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas
Gregory Nava
Anna Thomas

Cinematography

James Glennon

Musician

The Folkloristas
Malecio Martinez

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.

Edition Details
Edition	Theatrical Cut
Distributor	Criterion
Release Date	1/20/2009
Packaging	HD Case
Screen Ratio	Widescreen (1.78:1)
Subtitles	English
Audio Tracks	Mono [Spanish]
Layers	Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes	1

Personal Details
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New, restored high-definition digital transfer supervised and approved by director Gregory Nava New audio commentary featuring Nava 'In the Service of the Shadows: The Making of “El Norte”': a new video program featuring interviews with Nava, producer and co-writer Anna Thomas, actors Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and David Villalpando, and set designer David Wasco The Journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva, Nava’s 1972 award-winning student film Gallery of Chiapas location-scouting photographs Theatrical trailer New and improved English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by novelist Héctor Tobar and Roger Ebert’s 1983 review of the film