Descansos
6.2 /10 1 Votes
Director Chris Roybal Duration Country United States | 6/10 IMDb Genre Drama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language English
Spanish
American Sign Language Writer Christopher Michael Roybal Release date National Hispanic Cultural Center
February 6, 2009 (2009-02-06) Director Christopher Michael Roybal Screenplay Christopher Michael Roybal Cast Rachel Hroncich, Maggie Fine, Everett Scott Ortiz Music director Edward Bell, Nathan Fox-Helser, Michael Hargan, Steven Padin Similar movies Indigo Children (2012), Everything Put Together (2000), Spoken Word (2010), Everyday People (2004), Finding Graceland (1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Descansos 2009 official trailer
Descansos (Spanish: Resting Places) is a 2009 American neo-realist film written and directed by Chris Roybal, his second feature film and first to be released. The drama features, in neo-realist fashion, an ensemble cast of professional and non-professional actors.
Contents
The drama consists of eight vignettes that take you across Northern New Mexico. Following several different characters dealing with love and loss for people who are soon to die or already have died, the film spans Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Nambe, Espanola, Taos, and finally ending at the sacred Santuario de Chimayo.
The film premiered at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on February 6, 2009.
Cast
Among intermittent scenes of The Man (Frederick Aragon) setting down a descanso for each vignette, the eight stories in the picture include: