''No One'' ( es, De Nadie) is a Mexican

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

by Tin Dirdamal on the impoverished

Central American Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Ce ...

s who leave their countries in hope of a better life in the United States. It premiered in 2005 and was shown at different international film festivals, winning the

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

audience award for World Documentary in 2006. The film follows a number of

refugee A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution.

s who have to cross Mexico, about 4,000 kilometers, before reaching the US border. On their way through Mexico they put their remaining money, dignity, health and life on the line. The soundtrack was written by Mexican composer Alfonso M.

References

External links

*
Interview with Tin Dirdamal (indiewire.com)
2005 films 2000s Spanish-language films Mexican documentary films Documentary films about refugees Documentary films about immigration to the United States 2005 documentary films 2000s Mexican films {{2000s-Mexico-film-stub