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Chac / a Milestone Film release ; writer, producer and director, Rolando Klein ; produced by Cientifilm Aurora S.A. ; script, Luis Gaytán.
LIBRA DVD 002 039
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Milestone collection
- Language:
- English
- Mayan languages
- Subjects (All):
- Popol vuh--Film adaptations.
- Popol vuh.
- Tzeltal Indians--Mexico--Chiapas--Drama.
- Tzeltal Indians.
- Tzeltal Indians--Religion--Drama.
- Mayas--Mexico--Chiapas--Drama.
- Mayas.
- Mayas--Religion--Drama.
- Maya mythology--Drama.
- Maya mythology.
- Droughts--Mexico--Drama.
- Droughts.
- Mayas--Religion.
- Tzeltal Indians--Religion.
- Mexico.
- Mexico--Chiapas.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Feature films.
- Survival films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Title on container: Chac, the rain god
- Also known by title: Chac, dios de la lluvia
- Place of Publication:
- [Harrington Park, NJ] : Milestone Film & Video ; Chatsworth, CA : distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment, [2001]
- Language Note:
- In Tzeltal and Mayan dialects with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC; Dolby Digital monaural.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- " ... [B]ased on ritual and legends from the Popul vuh, as well as Tzeltal and Mayan stories, the film ... focuses on a small Tzeltal village during a terrible drought. Desperate for relief, thirteen men set out on a quest to save their people from starvation. They seek a solitary diviner who lives in the mountains and knows the ways of the ancients; they hope that he can summon Chac, the rain god. The Diviner takes them far from their own land on a strange journey--a trek that challenges their beliefs and even their sanity."--Container sleeve.
- Participant:
- Pablo Canché Balam, Alonzo Méndez Ton, Sebastián Santis, Pedro Tiez, Antonio Castellanos.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Alex Phillips, Jr., William Kaplan, Jr.; editing, Harry Keramidas; music, Victor Fózado, Elisabeth Waldo.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1974.
- Special features: original theatrical trailer, commentary by Rolando Klein; stills gallery.
- Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
- OCLC:
- 49745923
- Publisher Number:
- 014381952520
- ID9525MLSDVD Image Entertainment
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