Film
...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
1995 · 1h 39m · Drama
A haunting remembrance of Chicano family life in the 1950s
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- 6.6
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Overview
Twelve-year-old Mexican-American Marcos (Jose Alcala) recalls the hardships of the previous year, reflecting on the arduous trek his migrant-worker family made from Texas to the Midwest during harvest season. Along the way, Marcos learns plenty about the harsh realities of bigotry and the power of family in America of the 1950s. The coming-of-age Chicano drama is based on Tomas Rivera's semiautobiographical 1971 novella.
Cast
Jose Alcala
Marcos
Rose Portillo
Florentina
Art Bonilla
Lalo
Marco Rodríguez
Joaquin
Lupe Ontiveros
Doña Rosa
Daniel Valdez
Bartolo
Evelyn Guerrero
Lupita
Sam Vlahos
Don Cleto
Sal Lopez
El Mohado
Crew
- Severo PerezDirector · Writer
- Tomás RiveraNovel
- Lindsay LawExecutive Producer
- Paul EspinosaExecutive Producer
- Virgil L. HarperDirector of Photography
- Marcos LoyaOriginal Music Composer
- Susan HeickEditor
- Howard HeardEditor
- Bob MoronesCasting
Details
- Release date
- May 5, 1995
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Drama
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