Alsino y el cóndor

Dec 1 1982 R 1h 29m
Drama, War

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Isidora Aguirre, Miguel Littin, Pedro Prado

Directed by

Miguel Littin

Cast

Dean Stockwell, Alan Esquivel, Carmen Bunster

Crew

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Production Countries

Mexico, Cuba, Costa Rica, Nicaragua

Production Companies

Cooperativa Cinematográfica Costarricense, Latin-American Film Releasing Corp., NFI, Productora Cinematográfica Latinoamericana de México, Instituto Nicaraguense de Cine (INCINE), CRFC, ICAIC

Languages

Español, English

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total

Scores
# of Votes
383
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA