Cover image for La llorona [DVD video]
Title:
La llorona [DVD video]
Publication Date:
2022
Publication Information:
[New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2022]

©2022
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (8 pages ; 19 cm)
ISBN:
9781681439884
Abstract:
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.
General Note:
Special features: 2K digital master; new interview; documentary on the making of the film; trailer; essay.
Performers:
Maria Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz, Margarita Kénefic, Julio Díaz, María Telón.
Technical Details:
DVD, NTSC; region 1, wide screen (2.39:1 aspect ratio), 5.1 Dolby digital surround.
Language:
Spanish
Additional Language:
Spanish, Ixil and Kaqchikel dialogue with optonal English subtitles.
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