Becloud
On a dry lakebed in 1964, a trucker and his companion find a baby boy at the dry breast of its dead mother. Years later the trucker operates an ice factory in a poor urban district with his son, José, who dreams of one day striking out on his own. Neighbor Felipe, meanwhile, works at an Internet ca...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | Spanish |
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San Francisco :
Global Lens,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Available via Alexander Street Press |
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| Summary: | On a dry lakebed in 1964, a trucker and his companion find a baby boy at the dry breast of its dead mother. Years later the trucker operates an ice factory in a poor urban district with his son, José, who dreams of one day striking out on his own. Neighbor Felipe, meanwhile, works at an Internet café and another neighbor, Andrés, lives with his alcoholic father but spends his free time studying Mexico's pre-Columbian golden age. All three share a defining incident from their childhood, linking the destinies of their entire neighborhood to the lakebed and baby from years earlier. In this shrewd and well-acted story, director Alejandro Gerber Bicecci turns a tangled neighborhood tale into an enthralling mix of history, memory and atonement, creating an unexpected parable of modern Mexico itself. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 9, 2014). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (118 min.). Previously released as DVD. |
| Playing Time: | 01:57:32 |
| Awards: | Nominated 2011 Ariel Awards Silver Ariel, Best Original Score; Won 2nd Place Morelia International Film Festival Feature Film Competition Award, Special Mention Of The Jury |