Directed by Robert Young
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Criterion Collection)
Roberto decides to cross the border from Mexico to find work and pay to support his wife and newborn child. He befriends others who show him the ropes. They travel by hitchhiking or trains across California, working mainly as laborers picking produce in the fields. A friendly waitress takes him into her home and they have a brief relationship, before he is unexpectedly picked up by immigration and sent back to Mexico. He crosses over again, but this time ends up in Colorado where he finds his father and becomes disillusioned. Factual, almost documentary approach is not as emotionally moving as it should be, but it remains highly topical, even more so in the 40 years or so since its release.
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