Granito (2011)
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40% of critics liked it
(15 reviews) -
25% of users liked it
(69 ratings)
Granito is a story of destinies joined by Guatemala's past, and how a documentary film intertwined with a nation's turbulent history emerges as an active player in the present. In Granito our characters sift for clues buried in archives of mind and place and historical memory, seeking to… More Granito is a story of destinies joined by Guatemala's past, and how a documentary film intertwined with a nation's turbulent history emerges as an active player in the present. In Granito our characters sift for clues buried in archives of mind and place and historical memory, seeking to uncover a narrative that could unlock the past and settle matters of life and death in the present. Each of the five main characters whose destinies collide in Granito are connected by the Guatemala of 1982, then engulfed in a war where a genocidal scorched earth campaign by the military exterminated nearly 200,000 Maya people. Now, as if a watchful Maya god were weaving back together threads of a story unraveled by the passage of time, forgotten by most, our characters become integral to the overarching narrative of wrongs done and justice sought that they have pieced together, each adding their granito, their tiny grain of sand, to the epic tale. -- (C) Official Site
- Directed By
- Pamela Yates
- Genres
- Documentary, Television
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 14, 2011 Limited
- Studio
- International Film Circuit
Critic Reviews
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Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
The movie is erratically paced, often static and dry, and occasionally dull. But the subject matter keeps you intrigued - barely.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
There's a naggingly studied tone to the whole enterprise that makes it feel like history class rather than a complex, urgent reckoning.
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Nick Schager, Time Out New York
There are only so many times you can watch a camera panning and zooming over still photos before your tolerance for the Ken Burns effect reaches its limit.
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Aaron Hillis, Village Voice
Granito becomes both a humanitarian legal thriller and a quest to find justice through cinema.
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Paul Brunick, New York Times
"Granito" is less rough-edged than its guerrilla-film predecessor, but it shares a spirit of simplistic revolutionary solidarity.
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Cast
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Rigoberta Menchu
as Rigoberta Menchu
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Fredy Peccerelli
as Fredy Peccerelli
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Alejandra Garcia
as Alejandra Garcia
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Kate Doyle
as Kate Doyle
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Antonio Caba Caba
as Antonio Caba Caba
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Almudena Bernabeu
as Almudena Bernabeu
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Gustavo Meono
as Gustavo Meono
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Naomi Roht-Arriaza
as Naomi Roht-Arriaza
