Descansos Explained

Descansos
Director:Chris Roybal
Producer:Jennifer Buntjer
Kristin Roybal
Chris Roybal
Music:Nathan Fox-Helser
Michael Hargan
Edward Bell
Steven Carlos Padin
Cinematography:Chris Roybal
Editing:Chris Roybal
Distributor:Incredible Films
Runtime:120 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English
Spanish
American Sign Language

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.

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:

Marcelina:
Samantha:
Lina:
Sue:
Eva:
Bella:
Grandma:
Jessica:

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