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Title Purgatorio / Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad ; Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes ; Motion Control México ; una película de Roberto Rochín ; producida, escrita y dirigida por Roberto Rochín ; guión, Roberto Rochín, Elias Nahmias, Tomás Pérez Turrent.

Publication Info. [Denton, Tex.] : Distrimax, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  SPA DVD PURGATORIO    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Series Cinema grande
Cinema grande.
System Details DVD; NTSC; all regions; 16:9 presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
Cast Pedro Armendáriz Jr, Ana Claudia Talancón, Justo Martínez, Miguel Rodarte, Dolores Heredia, Fidel Cerda, Eduardo Von, Evangelina Martínez, Alex Hank.
Credits Photography, Arturo de la Rosa, Alfonso Aguilar ; editor, Oscar Figueroa ; music, Gerardo Tamez, Dmitri Dudin ; executive producer, Gabriela Castañeda.
Note Container incorrectly lists aspect ratio as 4:3, fullscreen.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Based on stories by author Juan Rulfo.
Contents Paso del norte -- Pedazo de noche -- Cleotilde.
Summary Three stories: The country of Mexico is experiencing growing pains when Bonfilio and his father go north in search of better luck. Though the two men are constantly at odds, Bonfilio sets things right when he returns home to for one final visit with his family. Meanwhile, gravedigger Demetrio and prostitute Lucía realize that their love will never be true until she is lying six feet underground. Finally, the elderly landowner Don Julio becomes lost in a sea of despair after his marriage of convenience comes to a bitter end.
Audience MPAA rating: R.
Language In Spanish with optional English subtitles.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Mexico -- History -- 20th century -- Drama.
Fathers and sons -- Mexico -- Drama.
Gravediggers -- Mexico -- Drama.
Prostitutes -- Mexico -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Arranged marriage -- Mexico -- Drama.
Discos videos digitales.
México -- Historia -- 1910-1946 -- Teatro.
Películas cinematográficas populares.
Mexico. (OCoLC)fst01211700
Genre/Form DVD-Video discs.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Motion pictures -- Mexico.
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Rochín, Roberto.
Castañeda, Gabriela, 1966-
Nahmias, Elias.
Pérez Turrent, Tomás.
Armendáriz, Pedro, Jr., 1940-2011, actor.
Talancón, Ana Claudia, actor.
Martínez, Justo, actor.
Rodarte, Miguel, 1971- actor.
Heredia, Dolores, actor.
Cerda, Fidel, actor.
Von, Eduardo, actor.
Martínez, Evangelina, actor.
Hank, Alex.
Rulfo, Juan.
Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad.
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía.
Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Mexico)
Roca Motion Control S.A. de C.V.
DistriMax, Inc.
Note Parallel title on container: Purgatory
Standard No. 876122002525
Music No. DMX 0167 Distrimax
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