Abstract
The film “Distancia” (2010) by Guatemalan director Sergio Ramírez is based on real facts
occurred in recent years. During the 80’s, in Guatemala a genocide was perpetrated against
the indigenous population. This caused the death of 200,000 people, the leak to Mexico of
more than 50,000 Mayan and a little-known phenomenon: the exodus to the mountains
of one million people, wich received the name of CPR (Communities of Population in
Resistance). The film tells a story derived from such escape. The article analyzes the film,
an through that analysis tries to show how geographic distance became a symbolic
distance, metaphor of distance between the different ethnic groups of Guatemala.
| Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] Localisms and cosmopolitanisms in the film "Distancia" by Sergio Ramírez |
|---|---|
| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 67-82 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | CENTROAMERICANA |
| Volume | 2016 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- Cine guatemalteco
- Cosmopolitismi
- Cosmopolitismos
- Distancia
- Distanza
- Localismo
- Localismos
