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Alambrista!
1977 | B/N | 96:00
Roberto farms his own plot of land in Mexico, though it yields little profit. To earn enough money to support his wife and their unborn child, he decides to cross the border illegally and work for a white man in the United States. His mother tells him that his father did the same thing, intending to stay only temporarily, but never returned.

Country: USA
Direction: Young; Robert M.
Script: Young; Robert M.
Production: Hausman; Michael, Young; Irwin
Photography: Young; Robert M., Hurwitz; Tom
Sound: Wirth; Mitch
Music: Murphey; Michael Martin
Cast:Ambriz; Domingo, Gillen; Linda, Silva; Trinidad, Beatty; Ned, Olmos; Edward James
Art direction: Kilvert; Lilly
Participation year at FICM: 2026

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