The Silence of Neto trailer in English has just been posted on the net (seemingly by none other than Luis Argueta). It's one of the most acclaimed Guatemalan film (1994) and it's produced and directed by Luis Argueta. The screenplay was written by Justo Chang and Luis Argueta. According to 'Rotten Tomatoes':
"The Guatemalan film
EL SILENCIO DE NETO chronicles one boy's coming-of-age against the
backdrop of one of the most contentious periods in the country's
history. Neto is a young teenager in 1950s Guatemala, just beginning to
grow into manhood and experiencing the simultaneously thrilling and
confusing emotions of adolescence.
Although his strict, traditional family represses his development, even more threatening is the revolutionary movement sweeping Guatemala, spurred on by CIA-funded propaganda, that will eventually plunge the country into a long and bloody civil war. EL SILENCIO DE NETO utilizes the effective device of having an adolescent's rise to adulthood mirror the troubled social climate of his land."
The film came out on DVD in the last few months and is distributed by Maya Media. The film stands out as a Guatemalan film- as can be seen in this discussion in Spanish on Blog de mi Guatemala.Although his strict, traditional family represses his development, even more threatening is the revolutionary movement sweeping Guatemala, spurred on by CIA-funded propaganda, that will eventually plunge the country into a long and bloody civil war. EL SILENCIO DE NETO utilizes the effective device of having an adolescent's rise to adulthood mirror the troubled social climate of his land."
