Cannes Film Festival 1978–Robert Young moved from documentaries to features with Alambrista! (The Illegal), winner of the 1978 Camera d'Or at Cannes, which offers a vivid view of illegal farm laborers in its touching, insightful tale of Roberto, a Mexican boy (Domingo Ambriz) who illegally crosses the border seeking work to support his family. Alambrista! is a small, gentle, unsentimental film, which follows Roberto as he discovers that California is decidedly not the land of opportunity. The cinema verite (hand-held camera, expressive close-ups) shifts smoothly from the lyrical to the nightmarish.