Synopsis
Set in Guatemala, 1954, at the time a US funded government overthrow of left-wing president Jacob Arbenz, it chronicles the struggles of a pre-adolescent boy to grow up in a tumultuous time. Neto, at the funeral of his uncle Ernesto is suddenly visited by his uncle's ghost. Their conversation becomes a flashback of six months earlier, following the changes wrought by the intervention of US military and local troops as the coup begins.
Director
His film, The Silence of Neto, was the first Guatemalan film submitted to the Foreign Films category at the Academy Awards. He directed Collect Call, a film about a Guatemalan immigrant trapped in a world of film production, and AbUSed: The Postville Raid, a documentary about the United States immigration raid on a packing plant in Postville, Iowa.
Director - Directors
Luis ArguetaGuión - Screenplay
Luis Argueta, Justo ChangProductor - Producer
Adrián GrunbergMúsica - Music:
José Gallegos, Maurice GallegosSonido - Sound:
Antonio L. Arroyo, Giacomo Buonafina, Chad CollinsCinematografía - Cinematography:
Ramón F. SuárezEdición - Editor:
Gloria Piñeyro, David TedeschiDirección de Arte - Production Design:
Ana SolaresIntérpretes - Cast
Óscar Javier Almengor, Herbert Meneses, Julio Díaz, Eva Tamargo, Íngrid Hernández, Eduardo José GuerreroContacto - Contact
Luis Arguetaluisarguetaa@gmail.com