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El Norte

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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })El Norte ("The North") is a 1983 film directed by Gregory Cava.Enrique and Rosa Xuncax are ethnic Mayans living in a village in rural Guatemala. Their father Arturo attempts to organize the local coffee pickers into a union, which gets him and his fellow workers murdered by a squad of government stormtroopers. After Enrique kills one of the soldiers and most everyone else in the town is rounded up by the government goon squad, Enrique and Rosa flee for "el norte", i.e., the United States.They make it to the USA after a difficult, harrowing journey, and they manage to find work. But they continue to struggle, and it turns out that America is not, after all, the land of paradise.
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 An Immigrant's Tale: They don't come much sadder than this one, as Enrique and Rosa's trip to America brings nothing but tragedy and grief.
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 Artistic License – Biology: Symptoms of murine typhus will develop 1-2 weeks after infection. Although the film is vague it seems pretty certain that more time than that has passed, as Enrique and Rosa have found a place to live, decorated it, found jobs, and taken ESL classes for long enough to pick up basic conversational English.
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 Billions of Buttons: Combined with the language barrier, when a Rich Bitch white lady tries to explain to Rosa and her friend Nacha how to use the washer and dryer. Rosa doesn't get it, and gets in trouble for washing the clothes by hand.
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 Brick Joke: Enrique is told that Mexicans curse constantly and that he has to use the F-word constantly to fit in. In one of the only jokes in this unremittingly grim movie, the first Mexican he and his sister meet has a filthy mouth, saying "Motherfucking tire!" when his truck gets a flat. And later, Enrique does in fact trick a Border Patrol agent into sending him to Mexico by saying "chingana" a lot.
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