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El Silencio de Neto
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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0641307900336
Format: Color, NTSC
Label: Peachtree Entertainment
Manufacturer: Peachtree Entertainment
Publisher: Peachtree Entertainment
Release Date: December 03, 1998
Running Time: 106 minutes
Studio: Peachtree Entertainment
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Rating: - A subtle political story
A Latinamerican military coup movie without explicit scenes of violence.Seen through the eyes of a twelve yearsold boy , it manages to drive home the cruelty of the happenings, in a very subtle way.People disappear,the teacher changes, the father looses his job to a uniforned goon, all done -as a change for the worse-without the usual scenes of horror and violence.I recommend this movie. It helps to understand Latinamerican politics
Rating: - A subtle political story
A Latinamerican military coup movie without explicit scenes of violence.Seen through the eyes of a twelve yearsold boy , it manages to drive home the cruelty of the happenings, in a very subtle way.People disappear,the teacher changes, the father looses his job to a uniforned goon, all done -as a change for the worse-without the usual scenes of horror and violence.I recommend this movie. It helps to understand Latinamerican politics
Rating: - A cinematic window into Guatemalan history
"The Silence of Neto" is a drama that takes place in Guatemala in 1954. The film itself was made in Guatemala in the 1990s. The story focuses on Neto, a young Guatemalan boy whose family and country are impacted by the Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.
"The Silence of Neto" is an episodic story, sometimes sweet, sometimes funny. Oscar Almengor is effective in the title role. Neto's antics with his young friends are reminiscent of the film "Stand ... Read More
Rating: - A moving story about a Guatemalan middle class family.
El Silencio de Neto is primarily a story about an urban, middle class Guatemalan family in the early 1950s,as seen through the eyes of a young boy, Neto. Through Neto, we get a picture of the rituals and relations of a typical Guatemalan family in the Capital, along with his family's own particular idiosyncrasies. It is also an account of the final days of the Arbenz revolutionary government, overthrown by a US sponsored "Liberation." The movie melds these two themes well, moving back and forth ... Read More
Rating:  - La magia del surrealismo guatemalteco sale a luz!
La magia del surrealismo guatemalteco se dá a conocer finalmente a través del segundo largo metraje guatemalteco, "El Silencio de Neto" Neto Yepes, nos transporta al año de 1954 cuando la dolorosa caida de Jacobo Arbenz da paso a nuevas dictaduras y a una guerra sucia que inundo de sangre a la mayoria de familias guatemaltecas. Al mismo tiempo, Neto nos hace participes de su primer amor, (supuestamente con la hija de Arbenz) su amistad, amorios y la triste muerte de su tio predilecto y el primer ... Read More
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