El Velador

Name: El Velador
Genre: Documentary
Released: June 15, 2012
Duration: 72 min
Rating: 82

2012

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Altamura Films | Release Date: June 15, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: From dusk to dawn El Velador accompanies Martin, the guardian angel whom, night after night, watches over the extravagant mausoleums of some of Mexico's most notorious Drug Lords. In the labyrinth of the cemetery, this film about violence without violence reminds us how, in the turmoil of Mexico's bloodiest conflict since the Revolution,From dusk to dawn El Velador accompanies Martin, the guardian angel whom, night after night, watches over the extravagant mausoleums of some of Mexico's most notorious Drug Lords. In the labyrinth of the cemetery, this film about violence without violence reminds us how, in the turmoil of Mexico's bloodiest conflict since the Revolution, ordinary life persists and quietly defies the dead. (Altamura Films)… Expand

Director: Natalia Almada

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 72 min

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Roger Ebert

Jul 25, 2012

The Mexican drug cartels have inspired countless films, but never one as final as Natalia Almada's documentary El Velador. Read full review

Nick Schager

Jun 11, 2012

El Velador doesn't pass judgment or manipulate emotionally, instead choosing simply to consider the arduousness of survival in a land wracked by slaughter. Read full review

Melissa Anderson

Jun 12, 2012

El Velador still sharply conveys what life is like in a traumatized nation. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Jun 13, 2012

Natalia Almada's eloquent documentary portrait of a sprawling graveyard in Culiacán, Mexico, in the northwestern state of Sinaloa. The rapidly expanding cemetery has become the burial ground of choice for the country's slain drug lords. Read full review

David Fear

Jun 12, 2012

Filtering the fallout of Mexico's drug wars through the eyes of one stoic security guard, documentarian Natalia Almada (El General) avoids the head-on journalistic approach and emerges with something far more impressive: a piece of lyrical, sideways social reportage that still connects an astounding number of dots. Read full review

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