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

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Drama - 5 May 1995 (USA)

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Ratings: 6.7/10 from 104 users
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Marcos is a lad in Texas, the second son of a migrant farmworker family, his brother is missing in the Korean war... See full summary »

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Credited cast:
	Jose Alcala	...	Marcos
	Daniel Valdez	...	Bartolo
	Rose Portillo	...	Florentina
	Marco Rodríguez	...	Joaquin
	Lupe Ontiveros	...	Doña Rosa
	Evelyn Guerrero	...	Lupita
	Sam Vlahos	...	Don Cleto
	Art Bonilla	...	Lalo
	Sal Lopez	...	El Mohado
	Miguel Rodríguez	...	Narrator
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Frank Aragon	...	Julian
	Halbert Bernal
	James Jude Courtney	...	Carpenter
	Gregory Giles	...	Father Josef
	Sara Harris	...	Nun

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Marcos is a lad in Texas, the second son of a migrant farmworker family, his brother is missing in the Korean war. We travel with the family into Minnesota, following the crops. The housing is awful, sometimes the boss furnishes no water as the hands labor, and TB goes untreated. In good times the pay is $15 a day for adults, half that for children. For a few sordid weeks, his parents leave him in the care of a corrupt couple, he's expelled from school for hitting back, and he finds solace in a graveyard. As his parents long for their missing son, as folks gather around a local troubadour for songs of romance, comedy, and heartbreak, Marcos observes and remembers. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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