Voces inocentes | |
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| Directed by | Luis Mandoki |
| Produced by | Lawrence Bender |
| Written by | Luis Mandoki, Oscar Orlando Torres |
| Starring | Carlos Padilla, Leonor Varela, Xuna Primus |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 16 September 2004 (Toronto Film Festival) |
| Running time | 120 min |
| Language | Spanish |
KARTOON'S THOUGHT ABOUT THE MOVIE:
set in the 1980s during the Salvadoran civil war when the children were used for fighting...by force, the movie shows injustice against innocent people who are forced to fight in the war. It follows the story of the narrator, a boy named Chava, our hero whose main concern is that as soon as he turns 12 he will be recruited by the Military to fight the Guerrillas. Through his eyes, we see the atrocities that are brought upon his family,friends and his own life. Though it is set in El Salvador, this could be a story from anywhere around the world, where a Civil War breaks out and the effects on its own people.
The characters are well written; the plot well told and the actors, especially, the kid playing Chava are very good. It is void of any clichés as many films when dealing with delicate subjects such as a civil war. You can see that these are real people going through a great ordeal, unlike "Salvador" or even "Romero", the other two movies about salvadorian civil war, whose characters and plots were obviously made up based on facts read on news papers. I highly recommend this film to everyone who wants to see the reality of war and its consequences on the lives of innocent people.
Chava's mother, played by LEONOR VARELA portrayed the hardships a woman with three kids living all alone in a war torn city. Hats off to her.
check out these links:
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/enemiesofwar/elsalvador2.html
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/crp/index.htm
http://www.abudis.net/israeli_military_use_children_human_shield.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvadoran_Civil_War
WAKE UP PEOPLE!
