...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him (1995)

A haunting remembrance of Chicano family life in the 1950s

Drama

Twelve-year-old Mexican-American Marcos (Jose Alcala) recalls the hardships of the previous year, reflecting on the arduous trek his migrant-worker family made from Texas to the Midwest during harvest season. Along the way, Marcos learns plenty about the harsh realities of bigotry and the power of family in America of the 1950s. The coming-of-age Chicano drama is based on Tomas Rivera's semiautobiographical 1971 novella.

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  • Release Date: 1995-05-05
  • Runtime: 1h 39min
  • Director: Severo Perez

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Cast

  • Jose Alcala

    Marcos

  • Rose Portillo

    Florentina

  • Art Bonilla

    Lalo

  • Marco Rodríguez

    Joaquin

  • Lupe Ontiveros

    Doña Rosa

  • Daniel Valdez

    Bartolo

  • Evelyn Guerrero

    Lupita

  • Sam Vlahos

    Don Cleto

  • Sal Lopez

    El Mohado