Bibliograph

La llorona, La Casa de Producción ; en coproducción con Les Films du Volcan presentan ; una película de Jayro Bustamante ; guión, Jayro Bustamante, Lisandro Sanchez ; productores, Jayro Bustamante, Gustavo Matheu, Georges Renand, Marina Peralta ; dirección, Jayro Bustamante

Type

Label

La llorona, La Casa de Producción ; en coproducción con Les Films du Volcan presentan ; una película de Jayro Bustamante ; guión, Jayro Bustamante, Lisandro Sanchez ; productores, Jayro Bustamante, Gustavo Matheu, Georges Renand, Marina Peralta ; dirección, Jayro Bustamante

Language

spa

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

La llorona

Medium

DVD

Oclc number

1341684252

Responsibility statement

La Casa de Producción ; en coproducción con Les Films du Volcan presentan ; una película de Jayro Bustamante ; guión, Jayro Bustamante, Lisandro Sanchez ; productores, Jayro Bustamante, Gustavo Matheu, Georges Renand, Marina Peralta ; dirección, Jayro Bustamante

Runtime

Series statement

The Criterion collection, 1156

Summary

A country's bloody history stains the present in the Guatemalan auteur Jayro Bustamante's transfixing fusion of folk horror and searing political commentary, inspired by the real-life indictment of the authoritarian Efraín Ríos Montt for crimes against humanity. A notorious, now aging former military dictator stands trial for atrocities committed against Guatemala's Mayan communities. While battling legal repercussions and the people's demands for justice, he and his family are plagued by a series of increasingly strange and disturbing occurrences, seemingly brought on by an enigmatic new housekeeper. With a restraint that renders the film's shocks all the more potent, Bustamante crafts a chilling vision of a national reckoning with collective harms and the restless ghosts of a past that refuses to die. Spoken in Spanish, IXIL, and Kaqchikel with English subtitles

Technique

live action

Classification