Alsino y el cóndor (1982)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Miguel Littin

Writers:

Isidora Aguirre (writer)
Miguel Littin (writer)

Release Date:

1 February 1986 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of Nicaragua. He's engulfed in...

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win

Cast

Dean Stockwell	...	Frank
Alan Esquivel	...	Alsino
Carmen Bunster	...	Alsino's Grandmother
Alejandro Parodi	...	The Major
Delia Casanova	...	Rosaria
Marta Lorena Pérez	...	Lucia
Reynaldo Miravalles	...	Don Nazario, the Birdman
Marcelo Gaete	...	Lucia's Grandfather
Jan Kees De Roy	...	Dutch Adviser
Luz Amparo Gutiérrez

Also Known As:

Alsino and the Condor (USA)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Nicaragua | Cuba | Mexico | Costa Rica

Language:

Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Nicaragua

Company:

CRFC

This movie was awful

Its obvious political biases aside, this movie was terribly made and impossible to follow. Scenes were pieced together as if someone had cut up the reel, scattered the tape on the ground, and given the director only five minutes to tape it back together in no particular order. When characters were in doubt for dialogue, which was often, unnecessary profanity was used liberally. The movie didn't make sense, it preached incessantly, and it had the same entertainment value as cutting off your own finger. Alsino can keep his condor, thank you.