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Title The silence of Neto = el silencio de Neto
Published Luis Argueta, 1994
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (108 min.)
Summary Set during the 1954 American-led military coup to overthrow Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz, this coming-of-age tale follows a young boy, Neto (Oscar Javier Almengor), who dreams of one day flying in a hot air balloon. After the U.S. military arrives in the country, he watches as his family and friends are negatively affected. First, his father loses his job, and then the whole family is forced to leave the city, which culminates in the death of one of their own
Notes Title from title frames
Credits Music, José Gallegos, Maurice Gallegos ; editor, David Tedeschi ; director of photography, Ramón Suárez
Cast Oscar Javier Almengor, Eva Tamargo Lemus, Herbert Meneses, Julio Diáz
Event Originally produced by Luis Argueta in 1994
Notes Closed captioning in English
Dialogue in Spanish. Optional closed captioning in English
Subject Feature films -- Guatemala
Families -- Guatemala -- Drama
Youth -- Guatemala -- Drama
Feature films -- United States
Foreign language films, Guatemalan
Families.
Politics and government
Youth.
Nuclear families.
Streaming video.
streaming video.
youth (people)
Nuclear families
Families
Feature films
Politics and government
Youth
SUBJECT Guatemala -- Politics and government -- 1945-1985 -- Drama
Guatemala -- History -- 1945-1985 -- Drama
Guatemala. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79054016
United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330
Subject Guatemala
United States
Genre/Form Drama
Feature films
History
Feature films.
Form Streaming video
Author Argueta, Luis, film director.
Almengor, Oscar Javier, actor.
Argueta, Hector, actor
Arenales, Pablo, actor
Luis Argueta (Firm), $4dst
Kanopy (Firm), $4dst
Other Titles Silencio de Neto