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2009 American film
Descansos
Directed byChris Roybal
Written byChris Roybal
Produced byJennifer Buntjer
Kristin Roybal
Chris Roybal
CinematographyChris Roybal
Edited byChris Roybal
Music byNathan Fox-Helser
Michael Hargan
Edward Bell
Steven Carlos Padin
Distributed byIncredible Films
Release date
Running time120 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
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
  • Steven Martinez as Archie
  • Sylvia Sarmiento as Marcelina
Samantha
  • Alex Cosby as Max
  • Amelia Ampuero as Samantha
  • Rober Gumm as Stem's Customer
Lina
  • Genia Michaela as Deb
  • Lenore Armijo as Lina
  • Rachel Hroncich as Kimberly
Sue
  • Eduardo Flores as Gil
  • Diego Deane as Juan (Prisoner 060586)
Eva
  • Navajo Nguyen as Eva
  • Ryan Angell as Dillon
  • Angeleah Cuevas as Other Girl
Bella
  • Bernardo Gallegos as Nick
  • Maggie Fine as Carmella
  • Francisco Sandoval as Baby
Grandma
  • Everette Scott Ortiz as Zack
  • Eppie Guillen as Grandpa
  • Regina Sanchez as Grandma
Jessica
  • Nichole Otero as Jessica
  • David Busse as Jack
  • Michael Manzanares as Teenage Boy
  • Amber J. Chenault as Teenage Girl

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