Plot
In the tradition of neorealist films like Vittorio De Sica's The Bicycle Thief comes an American film (in Spanish) about Latin-American immigrants living in New York City. La Ciudad, which was screened in the American Spectrum series at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, was directed by David Riker, who spent five years researching the project and working with the non-professional actors in the film to capture the impoverished authenticity of life on the streets in New York's Latino community. All four stories concern the lives of poor, working-class people. In the four segments, a young bricklayer is killed when a wall collapses on him; two teenagers fall in love at a Sweet 15 party, only to lose each other in a housing project; a homeless man cannot enroll his daughter in school because he lacks proof of residency; and a seamstress in a sweatshop cannot pay for her daughter's medical treatments. The stories have tragic endings, reflecting the harsh realities of life in the ghettos of New York. ~ Arthur Borman, RoviCast
- Fernando Reyes - Jose
- Marcos Martinez Garcia - Armando
- Moises Garcia - Abel
- Anthony Rivera - Boy
- Cipriano Garcia - Francisco
Credit
David Riker - Director, David Riker - Editor, Andrew Hurwitz - Executive Producer, Robin Alper - Executive Producer, Doug Mankoff - Executive Producer, Tony Adzinikolov - Composer (Music Score), Doug Bernheim - Musical Direction/Supervision, Roshelle Berliner - Production Designer, Arianne Burgess - Production Designer, Harlan Bosmajian - Cinematographer, Paul S. Mezey - Producer, David Riker - Producer, Alex Wolfe - Sound/Sound Designer, Richard Fleming - Sound/Sound Designer, David Riker - Screenwriter| The City (1971 Film), The City (1976 Film) | |
| The City Dark (2011 Film), The City Girl (1984 Film) |
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