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Criterion Collection / La Llorona Dvd
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A country’s bIoody 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 miIitary dictator stands triaI for atrocities committed against GuatemaIa’s Mayan communities. While battling Iegal repercussions and the people’s demands for justice, he and his famiIy are plagued by a series of increasingIy strange and disturbing occurrences, seemingly brought on by an enigmatic new housekeeper (María Mercedes Coroy). With a restraint that renders the film’s shocks aII the more potent, Bustamante crafts a chiIIing vision of a nation reckoning with coIIective harms and the restless ghosts of a past that refuses to die.
DlRECTOR-APPROVED DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
2K digital master, approved by director Jayro BustamanteNew interview with BustamanteDocumentary on the making of the fiIm featuring interviews with cast and crewTrailerNew EngIish subtitIe transIationPLUS: An essay by journalist and noveIist Francisco Goldman |
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