El Norte - True or False

Arturo, father of Rosa and Enrique, goes to a meeting with other peasants to chat about the problems of the poor of the village.

• True

• False

Rosa's godmothers does not want to help Rosa to go to "El Norte" because she thinks that all of "El Norte" is bad.

• True

• False

The mother of Rosa and Enrique decides to go north after the death of her husband.

• True

• False

Enrique says bad words in Spanish to convince the Border Patrol that he is from Oaxaca, Mexico.

• True

• False

Rosa finds work with Nacha when she obtains work ironing in a clothing plant, but the two have to escape suddenly when the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS/ICE) comes.

• True

• False

Enrique fights against the soldiers before crossing the border to save the coyote, Don Jaime.

• True

• False

Rosa falls ill with typhoid because of the rats that bit her in the tunnel.

• True

• False

Don Raimundo suggests to the Gualemalan brother and sister that they should try to cross the desert instead of the tunnel because it is more safe.

• True

• False

At the end of the movie, Enrique obtains his documents to become a citizen of the United States.

• True

• False

Rosa liked to wash Helen's clothes by hand because it was the way in which she did it when she lived in Guatemala.

• True

• False