...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
1995
5.4 (8)
1 hr 39 min
A haunting remembrance of Chicano family life in the 1950s
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.
Top Cast
Jose Alcala as Marcos
Rose Portillo as Florentina
Art Bonilla as Lalo
Marco Rodríguez as Joaquin
Lupe Ontiveros as Doña Rosa
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