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"STAR TREK UP MOVIE INFO 834.8520 IMPERIAL Cary Village Sq. Walnut St. Al Maynard Rd. "STREETS OF FIRE" PG "ODDBALLS" PC "CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO" "BREAKIN" PG MOVIE INFO 467.0009 N.C., June 2, 1984 15A 'El Norte' means well but lacks credibility By JAMES CALLOWAY Staff Writer "El Norte" is rife with good intentions, and on some levels the film can be moving and witty. But the story's credibility suffers from the stubborn ingenuousnesses of its leading characters.

David Villalpando and Zaide Silvia Gutierrez portray Guatemalan Indians, brother and sister, in a village beset by what appears to be tolerable poverty and intolerable political repression. After losing their parents to the vengeance of the army, cide to flee to the United States, which they reverently call Norte," the North. It is a land where even poor people have flush toilets and automobiles. They know because their godmother read it all in Good Housekeeping. The point of this movie is that el Norte is not what these two innocents expect it to be, and when they reach the U.S.

border, director Gregory Nava seems to be on firm footing. The movie is at its most believable in the United States. That contrasts to their scenes in Guatemala, where everyone speaks in civics class platitudes and is profoundly noble or profoundly evil. After crossing into Mexico, the couple gets bus fare to Tijuana. When they get off the bus, they are within walking distance of the U.S.

border, so we must assume that nothing interesting happened for the journey through Mexico. Film review Once the couple reaches Los Angeles, Nava and his co-writer, Anna Thomas, enliven the movie with satirical observations on American life. Miss Gutierrez, who plays a character used washing clothes in a stream, is delightful in her first encounter with a computerized washing machine. The lady of the house explains with words to the effect of "You have eight seconds to enter your program before the default program takes Miss Gutierrez just stares and nods Trinidad Silva portrays a Mexican-American who runs a motel for illegal immigrants. His cynicism offers some antidote to the unflinching sweetness of Villalpando and Miss Gutierrez.

Silva's character tries to convince Villalpando to take a job that could mean a big step upward but would require leaving his sister in Los Angeles. Villalpando's decision leads indirectly to the movie's most dramatic turn of events. At the Studio One. Rated (language). 4 HELD 5th Big Week Push it to pop it! of Record Rock it to lock it! 2 Fun See and it BREAKIN' Now! Dance! YOUR FOR BREAK THE LIFE! OF A PG Imperial Tower 2:20 LIMPERIAL CINEMAS Tower 2 Cary Village Sq.

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