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Alsino and the Condor

1982 · film · CR, CU, MX, NI

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Directed by: Miguel Littín

Starring: Dean Stockwell, Alan Esquivel, Carmen Bunster, Alejandro Parodi, Marta Lorena Pérez, Reynaldo Miravalles

Runtime: 89 min

Why it mattersAI-assisted

The film is set in a remote area of Nicaragua1. It was directed by Miguel Littín2 and nominated for 1 Oscar3.

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  1. synopsis — Alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of Nicaragua. He's engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a US advisor orders the army to open a staging area by the boy's hamlet. Alsino tries to be a child, climbing trees with a girl, looking through his grandfather's trunk of mementos and trying to fly; he goes to town to sell a saddle, has his first drink and is taken to a brothel. But the war surrounds him. The US advisor takes Alsino on a chopper flight, but he's unimpressed. The soldiers' cruelties awake rebel sympathies in Alsino, and after an army assault backfires, the lad is fully baptized into the conflict.
  2. credit — Alsino and the Condor (1982) is directed by Miguel Littín.
  3. award — Alsino and the Condor (1982) awards (OMDb): Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total

Synopsis

Alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of Nicaragua. He's engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a US advisor orders the army to open a staging area by the boy's hamlet. Alsino tries to be a child, climbing trees with a girl, looking through his grandfather's trunk of mementos and trying to fly; he goes to town to sell a saddle, has his first drink and is taken to a brothel. But the war surrounds him. The US advisor takes Alsino on a chopper flight, but he's unimpressed. The soldiers' cruelties awake rebel sympathies in Alsino, and after an army assault backfires, the lad is fully baptized into the conflict.

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