El Silencio de Neto

The Silence of Neto
Fiction | Guatemala | 1994 | 106 min | Spanish

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.

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Director - Directors
Luis Argueta
Guión - Screenplay
Luis Argueta, Justo Chang
Productor - Producer
Adrián Grunberg
Música - Music:
José Gallegos, Maurice Gallegos
Sonido - Sound:
Antonio L. Arroyo, Giacomo Buonafina, Chad Collins
Cinematografía - Cinematography:
Ramón F. Suárez
Edición - Editor:
Gloria Piñeyro, David Tedeschi
Dirección de Arte - Production Design:
Ana Solares
Intérpretes - Cast
Óscar Javier Almengor, Herbert Meneses, Julio Díaz, Eva Tamargo, Íngrid Hernández, Eduardo José Guerrero
Contacto - Contact
Luis Argueta
luisarguetaa@gmail.com