Movie Description
Alsino y el cóndor
(1982)Overview
Alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of Nicaragua. He's engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a US advisor orders the army to open a staging area by the boy's hamlet. Alsino tries to be a child, climbing trees with a girl, looking through his grandfather's trunk of mementos and trying to fly; he goes to town to sell a saddle, has his first drink and is taken to a brothel. But the war surrounds him. The US advisor takes Alsino on a chopper flight, but he's unimpressed. The soldiers' cruelties awake rebel sympathies in Alsino, and after an army assault backfires, the lad is fully baptized into the conflict.
Featured Crew
Cast
Frank
Alsino
Alsino's Grandmother
The Major
Lucia
Don Nazario, the Birdman
Lucia's Grandfather
Dutch Adviser
Rosaria
Dutch Adviser
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Facts
Original TitleAlsino y el cóndor
Status Released
Release Information
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1982-12-01
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 29m
Production CompaniesICAIC,CRFC,Instituto Nicaraguense de Cine (INCINE),Productora Cinematográfica Latinoamericana de México,NFI,Cooperativa Cinematográfica Costarricense,Latin-American Film Releasing Corp.
Genres
- Drama
- War