And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him (1994)
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This landmark of Chicano cinema is an adaptation of Tomas Rivera's 1971 novel of the same title. Told from the perspective of Marcos, the 12-year-old son of migrant Mexican-American farm workers, the film follows their travels over the course of a year, each of its 12 sections linked to a month… More This landmark of Chicano cinema is an adaptation of Tomas Rivera's 1971 novel of the same title. Told from the perspective of Marcos, the 12-year-old son of migrant Mexican-American farm workers, the film follows their travels over the course of a year, each of its 12 sections linked to a month of the calendar. The family starts off in Texas at the beginning of harvest season. Their hardscrabble journey takes them across the length and breadth of the Midwest. Along the way, Marcos and his family encounter a rich, difficult, and, at times, pathetic cast of characters including other migrant workers, a shoe salesman, and, in the most startling part of the film, white Americans. Through these encounters, Marcos comes to understand his place in the order of things, namely, near the bottom, discovers the power of familial bonds to comfort and overcome hardship, and uncovers in himself a desire to learn and educate. ~ Brian Whitener, Rovi
- Directed By
- Severo Perez
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 5, 1995 Wide
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Old-fashioned, sprawling saga of a Mexican American community
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Cast
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Jose Alcala
as Marcos
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Daniel Valdez
as Bartolo
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Rose Portillo
as Florentina
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Marco Rodriguez
as Joaquin
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Lupe Ontiveros
as Dona Rosa
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Evelyn Guerrero
as Lupita
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Sam Vlahos
as Don Cleto
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Art Bonilla
as Lalo
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Sal Lopez
as El Mohado
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Miguel Rodriguez
as Narrator
- Frank Aragon
- Gregory Giles
- James Jude Courtney
- Jeremy Howard
- Richard Keats
- Sara Harris
