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Synopsis: Humberto Fuentes is a wealthy doctor whose wife has recently died. In spite of the advice of his children, he takes a trip to visit his former students who now work in impoverished villages. His trip soon becomes a quest, politically awakening him when he finds out that one of his students was killed by the army.
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Director(s): John Sayles
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
R
Year:
1997
127 min
89 Views


When we speak to the Indians...

...they don't understand Spanish.

I don't think the Indians

in the United States speak English.

He says, "Do all our Indians

speak English?"

I think all of them do.

I think there's a law.

Isn't there a law?

Ask him if he's

heard of any atrocities.

No, I'm not gonna ask him that.

You ask him that.

- Lf we're going up there, ask him.

- Ask him. Go ahead.

Are there...?

That's right, isn't it? Thank you.

Are there...?

That's right, isn't it?

Are there "atrocidados" here?

- "Atrocidados."

- My husband wants to know...

...whether you've read about...

...any problems in this area?

Political problems.

Tell him about the book we have with

the people with their hands cut off.

- Hands kite.

- Cut.

- Yes?

- Cut.

Cut.

No, no. That happens in

other countries. Not here.

Not here?

Everything isn't perfect here...

...but you shouldn't believe

all the stories.

There are stories in New York...

...about murders...

...in the newspapers.

Newspapers are businesses.

And you know the common people

love drama.

That's true.

He says the common people

love drama.

Ask him why they

don't have fajitas here.

Why...

...no...?

What's the word for "fajitas"?

Seor, is the town of Rio Seco

near here?

How do you get there?

Seora, excuse me...

...do you know where

Dr. Cienfuegos lives?

The doctor here.

He's called Cienfuegos.

Isn't this Rio Seco?

Seora!

Hey, listen to me, please...

Seora, excuse me.

Seores, do you know

Dr. Cienfuegos?

Hey, there.

This is Rio Seco, right?

Where does Dr. Cienfuegos live?

It's like nobody here speaks Spanish.

Who's that? Who's out there?

Seora, is this Rio Seco?

Of course it is. Are you blind?

I've never been here before.

Nobody wants to talk to me.

We're just poor sugar people here.

Almost nobody comes here.

Who are you?

- I'm Dr. Fuentes.

- That's good, a doctor.

We need a doctor,

because the one we had died.

Died?

How?

- They killed him.

- Who killed him?

Those men. The men with guns.

You saw this?

- I'm blind, can't you see that?

- I'm sorry.

But I know everything

that happens here.

They made everyone witness,

even me.

The doctor and three others,

out there.

Somebody shot them?

No. They burned them with gasoline.

I smelled it.

First the gasoline, then the fire,

and then the men.

They cooked them all.

Why?

Because they had guns and we didn't.

But why Cienfuegos? Why the doctor?

- They didn't like him.

- But why?

"Why, why, why?"

You talk like a parrot.

Are you the only one

who speaks Spanish?

- Then why won't anyone talk to me?

- They don't know you.

But you're talking to me.

It doesn't matter if I die.

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John Sayles

John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Passion Fish (1992) and Lone Star (1996). His film Men with Guns (1997) has been nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. His directorial debut, Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980), has been added to the National Film Registry. more…

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