El coronel no tiene quien le escriba : No one writes to the Colonel /
An old colonel goes each Friday to the post office to see if his long-awaited pension has come through. He knows it will not; so does his wife who is still grieving over the death of their son the year before. The colonel has a mission: to elevate the grim routine of poverty and failure to a high ma...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Language Notes: | In Spanish with optional English subtitles. |
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Deerfield Beach, FL :
Maverick Latino,
[2003]
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| Summary: | An old colonel goes each Friday to the post office to see if his long-awaited pension has come through. He knows it will not; so does his wife who is still grieving over the death of their son the year before. The colonel has a mission: to elevate the grim routine of poverty and failure to a high mass of defiance. He does that by showing that a heart that has been broken still beats with vengeance. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. Based on the novel by Gabriel García Márquez. Widescreen presentation. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; region 1; 5.1 surround. |
| Production Credits: | Editor, Fernando Pardo ; director of photography, Guillermo Granillo ; music, David Mansfield. |