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  1. Alsino and the Condor: Directed by Miguel Littin. With Dean Stockwell, Alan Esquivel, Carmen Bunster, Alejandro Parodi. Alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of Nicaragua.

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    • Drama, War
    • Miguel Littin
    • 1982
  2. Alsino and the Condor (Spanish: Alsino y el cóndor) is a 1982 Nicaraguan film directed by Chilean filmmaker Miguel Littín. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. The film was a co-production between Nicaragua, Mexico and Cuba.

  3. American advisers work with the government in the war against the guerrillas. Helicopters, troop carriers and tanks come and go across the lush landscape where the peasants plow their fields in the rain, and the little boy, Alsino, becomes enraptured by the sight of the airborne soldiers.

  4. Apr 8, 2019 · While his country and its rotting buildings crumble all around him, the idealistic Alsino imagines himself to be a condor, flying far above his deprivations. It is during one of his hallucinations that Alsino jumps from a tree; the fall cripples him, turning him into a hunchback.

  5. Alsino, a young Nicaraguan boy, lives in a war-torn area. Amidst conflict, he tries to embrace childhood but is drawn into the war’s reality. A chopper flight with a US advisor leaves him unimpressed. Witnessing soldiers’ cruelties he becomes sympathetic to rebels and fully immersed in the conflict.

  6. Alsino And The Condor (1982) - Turner Classic Movies. 1h 15m 1982. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Awards. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A young boy, who longs to fly like a bird, discovers that freedom of flight is found in action. Cast & Crew. Read More. Miguel Littin. Director. Dean Stockwell. Alan Esquivel. Carmen Burnster.

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  8. Sep 10, 2012 · Film. Time Out says. Set against the almost unbelievable brutality of an internecine guerilla war (Nicaragua, 1979), a young boy's dream to fly like the...

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