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La llorona
Title:
La llorona
ISBN:
9781681439884
Edition:
Widescreen ed.
Publication Information:
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2022.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (8 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.

Wide screen (2.39:1).
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.
System Details:
DVD ; NTSC ; REGION 1 ; 5.1 DOLBY DIGITAL SURROUND ; 2.39:1 WIDESCREEN.
Language Note:
SPANISH AUDIO; ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

ENGLISH SUBTITLES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING.
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