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gbe Atlanta floprnal AND CONSTITUTION FRIDAY. MARCH 30. 1984 FIRST TIME MOVIE nEVIElV Acting makes 'El Norte' haunting Live, On Stage WE'LL MAKE YOU "BATHIilG-SUITABLE" BY SUMMER. 'GUARANTEED! By Eleanor Ringel Staff-Writer glittering dead-end that turns people into products, mere cogs in a corrupt machine powered by cheap illegal labor-The stars, Zaide Silvia Gutierrez and David Villal-pando, are so convincing in their simple dignity and earnest naivete, it's hard to believe they are both seasoned stage actors. They bring the film a much-needed credibility that helps balance its nearly sanctimonious message and too-familiar plot We are haunted by their struggle, by their quiet endurance and by their humanity in the face of inhumane treatment.

And their fate to be swa lowed up along with the other wretched refuse of our teeming shores reminds us how America has welshed on her promise to the tired and the poor. "E1 Norte" is like a 20th century "Innocents Abroad." Only' these innocents aren't Americans in Europe, but a Guatemalan brother and sister who travel, at great risk to Los Angeles, that El Dorado of the '80s. Once there, they find the streets are paved with greed, not gold. "El Norte," opening today in Atlanta, means simply "Tire North," but to Enrique and Rosa, it means America the Beautiful, land of the flush toilet, home of the automatic sprinkler. El Norte: A drama about two Guatemalans' journey to America starring Zaide Silvia Gutierrez and David Val-lalpando, directed by Gregory Nava.

Movie guide: Not rated, but there is some extreme violence and comic use of vulgarity. Subtitles. Screening Room. itatnit ALVIN i Li GOSPEL CONCERTS EIGHTIES present orcea 10 nee tneir dirt poor village after their father is murdered for attending a labor meeting and their mother is taken away by the government, their journey north takes them to Tijuana, a squalid maze of shantytown shacks and smiling swindlers. Eventually they find a trustworthy "coyote," a guide who directs them to their Wonderland by sending them down a harrowing rabbit hole an abandoned, rat-infested sewer pipe through which they must crawl on their hands and knees.

THE SUNSHINE TOUR! and THE CHIPMUNKS and the MAGIC CAMERA "A Musical Treat for the Entire Family'' WE'LL HELP YOU PUT TOGETHER A SPECIAL 8-WEEK PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE YOU LOSE POUNDS OR LOSE INCHES TIGHTEN UP ALL OVER FEEL GREAT HAVE THE SUMMER YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED JUST: CIVIC CENTER April2 Atlanta 8:00 PM FEATURING "DIRECT FROM MADISON SQUARE GARDEN" David Villalpando Plays Guatemalan brother who embarks on odyssey. 2Q April 11u April 15 OMNI ADULT PRICES: S7.50, S6.50frS5.50 ALL SEATS RESERVED THE CLARKE SISTERS "YOU BROUGHT THE SUNSHINE" TESVOF ALLSHOWS EXCEPTWED.fr FRI.UA.M. THE OIVSIMI FAMILY NIGHT! ALL OPENING NIGHT TICKETS HALF PRICE! Jno additional discount for children) TV A.M. ft ft A SPECIAL SCHOOL MATINEE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FRIDAY AT 1100 AM. ALL SEATS ARE S4.S0 Thouoh we can lelund youi time we aie sure thai alter only one week at Aiden hnn Studios, you will know that with some effort and your 8-week pro-, giam.

you II be moie Bathing-Suitable than AL GREEN I When they finally emerge, they gasp at the neon fairyland that stretches before them. And the ghettolike hovel they share with other illegal aliens in L.A. does indeed" have a flush toilet. Enrique gets a job as a waiter, Rosa as a maid and they set about becoming Americans, albeit illegal ones. They enroll in English class and learn say, "It is usually very smoggy here." For a while, these eager immigrants make the American Dream work for them.

But the filmmakers, a husband-and-wife team named Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas, aren't interested in a Latin American version of "happily ever after." Things go wrong in fairly predictable, ways and the movie's last 15 minutes are undeniably maudlin. But by then we're so caught up in Enrique and Rosa's struggles, it's easy to forgive the film's unabashed sentimentality. At times, "El Norte" has the dreamlike quality of an epic odyssey. The colorful Guatemalan section (actually Mexican locations were used) suggests some of the feverish fantasies of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, while LA. Is a 8WKS iS TO CHARGE BY PHONE CALL 5779600 visa-master card- ADD S2 .00 PER ORDER FOR MAILING HANCH.IWG Of TELEPHONE ORDERS ever before wmmmmmmmmmmmm START NOW FOR GROUP INFORMATION CALL: 577-9600 Midtown Antley Mornlngslde 875-9088 0 Ton Pchlre Center 525-4941 i i SHIRLEY CAESAR Buckhead Lenox Chastain 262-2270 Howell Mill Collier Road 351-1538 Cumberland Vlnlngs 953-1008' Sandy Spring Dunwoody -256-8468 Chamblee Tucker Norlhlake 452-821S Decatur N.

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