SummaryFrom dusk to dawn El Velador accompanies Martin, the guardian angel whom, night after night, watches over the extravagant mausoleums of some of Mexico's most notorious Drug Lords. In the labyrinth of the cemetery, this film about violence without violence reminds us how, in the turmoil of Mexico's bloodiest conflict since the Revolution, ordinary... Read More
Directed By:Natalia Almada
El Velador
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Jul 25, 2012
88
The Mexican drug cartels have inspired countless films, but never one as final as Natalia Almada's documentary El Velador.
Jun 11, 2012
88
El Velador doesn't pass judgment or manipulate emotionally, instead choosing simply to consider the arduousness of survival in a land wracked by slaughter.
Jun 13, 2012
80
Natalia Almada's eloquent documentary portrait of a sprawling graveyard in Culiacán, Mexico, in the northwestern state of Sinaloa. The rapidly expanding cemetery has become the burial ground of choice for the country's slain drug lords.
Jun 12, 2012
80
El Velador still sharply conveys what life is like in a traumatized nation.
Jun 12, 2012
80
Filtering the fallout of Mexico's drug wars through the eyes of one stoic security guard, documentarian Natalia Almada (El General) avoids the head-on journalistic approach and emerges with something far more impressive: a piece of lyrical, sideways social reportage that still connects an astounding number of dots.
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Production Company:
- Altamura Films
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- Charles Schultz
- Chicken And Egg Pictures
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)
- Jan Vrijman Fund
- Latino Public Broadcasting
- Les Films d'Ici
- P.O.V./American Documentary
- Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Sundance Institute Documentary Fund
- Tita Productions
Release Date:Jun 15, 2012
Duration:1 h 12 m
Awards
Bratislava International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Mar del Plata International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
