The Silence of Neto (1993)

Synopsis: The Guatemalan film EL SILENCIO DE NETO chronicles one boy's coming-of-age against the backdrop of one of the most contentious periods in the country's history. Neto is a young teenager in 1950s... The Guatemalan film EL SILENCIO DE NETO chronicles one boy's coming-of-age against the backdrop of one of the most contentious periods in the country's history. Neto is a young teenager in 1950s Guatemala, just beginning to grow into manhood and experiencing the simultaneously thrilling and confusing emotions of adolescence. Although his strict, traditional family represses his development, even more threatening is the revolutionary movement sweeping Guatemala, spurred on by CIA-funded propaganda, that will eventually plunge the country into a long and bloody civil war. EL SILENCIO DE NETO utilizes the effective device of having an adolescent's rise to adulthood mirror the troubled social climate of his land. [More]

Starring: Oscar Javier Almengor, Herbert Meneses, Julio Diaz, Eva Tamargo Lemus

Starring: Oscar Javier Almengor, Herbert Meneses, Julio Diaz, Eva Tamargo Lemus, Eduardo Jose Guerrero, Sergio Paz, Indira Chinchilla, Frida Henry, Patricia Orantes, Pablo Arenales, Diego Peralta, Mildred Chavez, Ingrid Hernandez, Ricardo Mendizabal, Zoila Portillo

Director: Luis Argueta

Director: Luis Argueta
Producer: Luis Argueta
Screenwriter: Luis Argueta, Justo Chang
Composer: Jose Gallegos, Maurice Gallegos

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