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The Silence of Neto

El silencio de Neto

1994

A sensitive boy chafes against his stifling middle-class family during the tumult of the 1954 coup that toppled Guatemala's elected government, coming of age as his country is transformed. A gentle, nostalgic drama and a landmark of Guatemalan film.

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Part of 6 Essential Films from Guatemala

This film is stop 5 of 6 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Guatemala. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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