The film is related from the point of view of Alsino, an impoverished Nicaraguan lad. 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. He will only straighten out to his full proud height upon joining a guerilla band, fighting the corrupt government armies. Significantly, Alsino & the Condor was the first production to be filmed in Nicaragua after the Sandinista revolution and the overthrow of Somoza.
Director: Miguel Littin. AKA Alsino and the Condor
Stars: Alan Esquivel, Carmen Bunster, Alejandro Parodi, Dean Stockwell, Delia Casanova, Marta Lorena Pérez, Reynaldo Miravalles, Marcelo Gaete, Jan Kees De Rooy, Rogelio Blain, Raúl Eguren, Carlos Aguirre Calero, Luz Amparo Gutiérrez, Ivan Turcios.
1983 Academy Awards – Nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
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