Güeros Alonso Ruizpalacios [videorecording]=

By:

Alonso Ruizpalacios

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Spanish Summary language: English Original language: Spanish Subtitle language: English Series: Alonso RuizpalaciosPublication details: Mexico Postal Producciones 2014Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.) sound, black and white. 4 3/4 inLOC classification:

PN1997 .G847 2014

Summary: The winner of five Ariels (the Mexican Academy Awards), including Best Picture and Best Director, Güeros is one of the most striking debut features in recent memory. Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonardo Ortizgris) have been living in the angst-ridden limbo. Education-less, motionless, purposeless, and unsure of what the strike will bring, they begin to look for strange ways to kill time. But their idiosyncratic routine is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Tomás (Sebastián Aguirre), Sombra's kid brother. Unable to fit in amongst these older slackers, Tomás discovers that unsung Mexican folk-rock hero Epigmenio Cruz (Alfonso Charpener) has been hospitalized somewhere in the city. Tomás convinces Sombra and Santos that they must track him down in order to pay their final respects. But what they thought would be a simple trip to find their childhood idol soon becomes a voyage of self-discovery across Mexico City's invisible frontiers.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-B: DVD Cabinet B	PN1997 .G847 2014	Available		002485

Special Features Include: Deleted Scenes, Interview with the Director, Two Short Films by Alonso Ruizpalacios, Trailer

Shorts Include: Café paraíso (2008), El último canto del pájaro Cú (2010)

The winner of five Ariels (the Mexican Academy Awards), including Best Picture and Best Director, Güeros is one of the most striking debut features in recent memory.

Ever since the National University strike broke out, Sombra (Tenoch Huerta) and Santos (Leonardo Ortizgris) have been living in the angst-ridden limbo. Education-less, motionless, purposeless, and unsure of what the strike will bring, they begin to look for strange ways to kill time. But their idiosyncratic routine is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Tomás (Sebastián Aguirre), Sombra's kid brother. Unable to fit in amongst these older slackers, Tomás discovers that unsung Mexican folk-rock hero Epigmenio Cruz (Alfonso Charpener) has been hospitalized somewhere in the city. Tomás convinces Sombra and Santos that they must track him down in order to pay their final respects. But what they thought would be a simple trip to find their childhood idol soon becomes a voyage of self-discovery across Mexico City's invisible frontiers.

DVD video; Dolby Digital 5.1; surround; NTSC; Region 1; 1.33:1 as 16:9 widescreen.

Spanish audio. Optional English subtitles.

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