
Alsino and the Condor
5.3/101h 29m1982

Overview
Alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of Nicaragua. He's engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a US advisor orders the army to open a staging area by the boy's hamlet. Alsino tries to be a child, climbing trees with a girl, looking through his grandfather's trunk of mementos and trying to fly; he goes to town to sell a saddle, has his first drink and is taken to a brothel. But the war surrounds him. The US advisor takes Alsino on a chopper flight, but he's unimpressed. The soldiers' cruelties awake rebel sympathies in Alsino, and after an army assault backfires, the lad is fully baptized into the conflict.
Genres
DramaWar
Production Companies

CRFC
Instituto Nicaraguense de Cine (INCINE)
Productora Cinematográfica Latinoamericana de México
NFI
Cooperativa Cinematográfica Costarricense
Latin-American Film Releasing Corp.
Additional Information
Original Title:Alsino y el cóndor
Original Language:English
Status:Released