The silence of Neto = el silencio de Neto
(2017, original release: 1994)
Fiction
eVideo
Details
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (108 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
1253163
LANGUAGE
Spanish
NOTES
Title from title frames
Set during the 1954 American-led military coup to overthrow Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz, this coming-of-age tale follows a young boy, Neto (Oscar Javier Almengor), who dreams of one day flying in a hot air balloon. After the U.S. military arrives in the country, he watches as his family and friends are negatively affected. First, his father loses his job, and then the whole family is forced to leave the city, which culminates in the death of one of their own
Originally produced by Luis Argueta in 1994
Mode of access: World Wide Web