La llorona

Bustamante, Jayro, (screenwriter,, film producer,, film director,, editor of moving image work.). Sanchez, Lisandro, (screenwriter.). Matheu, Gustavo, (film producer,, editor of moving image work.). Renand, Georges, (film producer.). Peralta, Marina, (film producer.). Coroy, María Mercedes, (actor.). Kénefic, Margarita, (actor.). Hoz, Sabrina de la, (actor.). Diaz, Julio, (Actor), (actor.). Telón, María, (actor.). Hurtado, Ayla-Elea, (actor.). Olyslager, Juan Pablo, (actor.). Wong Díaz, Nicolás, 1988- (director of photography.). Reyes, Pascual, (composer (expression)). Goldman, Francisco, (writer of supplementary textual content.). Guatemala. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte, (production company.). Casa de Producción (Firm), (production company.). Films du Volcan, (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Mariá Mercedes Coroy, Margarita Kénefic, Sabrina De La Hoz, Julio Díaz, María Telón, Ayla-Elea Hurtado, Juan Pablo Olyslager. (Cast).

Summary: 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 Maya 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.

Item details

ISBN: 9781681439884
ISBN: 1681439883
Physical Description: videodisc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (8 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Edition: Director-approved DVD special edition.
Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Wide screen (2.39:1). Originally released as a motion picture in 2019. Special features: 2K digital master, approved by director Jayro Bustamante ; new interview with Jayro Bustamante ; documentary on the making of the film featuring interviews with cast and crew ; trailer ; new English subtitle translation ; an essay by journalist and novelist Francisco Goldman. Accompanied by booklet containing an essay by journalist and novelist Francisco Goldman.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Trial preparations -- 2. Visions of danger -- 3. The witnesses -- 4. A verdict and its consequences -- 5. Monteverde is discharged -- 6. The new maid -- 7. Searching for Sara -- 8. A perverse encounter -- 9. Family secrets -- 10. Carmen's nightmares -- 11. Alma's children -- 12. Haunting crimes -- 13. Cleansing the spirits -- 14. Vengeance -- 15. The funeral -- 16. End credits -- 17. Color bars.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Nicolás Wong Díaz ; editing, Gustavo Matheu, Jayro Bustamante ; music, Pascual Reyes.
Participant or Performer Note:	Mariá Mercedes Coroy, Margarita Kénefic, Sabrina De La Hoz, Julio Díaz, María Telón, Ayla-Elea Hurtado, Juan Pablo Olyslager.
System Details Note:	DVD ; NTSC ; region 1 ; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround ; 2.39:1 widescreen.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	For private home use only.
Language Note:	Spanish, Ixil, and Kaqchikel dialogue with optional English subtitles.