After his daughter's birth, Roberto leaves his town in Michoacan to make money in the United States. He's "an illegal," crossing into California and taking work wherever he can: picking strawberries, grapes, lettuce, and cucumbers. He hitchhikes, rides freight trains, and depends on the kindness of strangers. Near Stockton, things look up when a sympathetic waitress gives him a place to live, and he gets a better job at a crop-dusting company. But immigration raids are a cons... (Full plot summary below)
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After his daughter's birth, Roberto leaves his town in Michoacan to make money in the United States. He's "an illegal," crossing into California and taking work wherever he can: picking strawberries, grapes, lettuce, and cucumbers. He hitchhikes, rides freight trains, and depends on the kindness of strangers. Near Stockton, things look up when a sympathetic waitress gives him a place to live, and he gets a better job at a crop-dusting company. But immigration raids are a constant possibility that can end stability. Can Roberto hold onto his equilibrium in this foreign land where hard work is not enough?
Leave your thoughts about Alambrista!.
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseNow the film can be more fully appreciated for what it is: an influential inspiration to Latino filmmakers and a powerful, non-politicized depiction of the wages of American immigration policy. [Blu-ray] |
| Scene-Stealers.comEric MelinRoberto endures and escapes one random set of dire circumstances after another without feeling contrived or stopping for cheap sentimental tricks. He even makes a certain selfish choice, but at the time, after what he's been through, who could blame him? |
| Movie MetropolisChristopher LongFree of false sentiment and always clear of vision. |
| Boston GlobeBruce McCabe"Alambrista" is a symphony of memorable images. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA worthy social drama on the heartbreaking hardships of being a Mexican illegal in the States. |
| User ReviewSpencer CA rare film that examines the life of an illegal immigrant from a personal, intimate perspective. Less of a depiction than a document. |
| User ReviewMichael TGroundbreaking drama is honest and straightforward. |
| User ReviewBrody MThe scene where Dmingo Ambriz's characters "girlfriend" the waitress was trying to help him send a money order back home, Asked a customer to translate & then found out he was sending $$$ back home to his wife was hilarious! Also where he & his buddy were riding in the Cadillac on the car trailer on top of a moving train looked like fun.Shame his buddy had to be an idiot |
