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Synopsis: A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980's El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him.
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Director(s): Luis Mandoki
Production: BB Entertainment/Slow Hand
  13 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
R
Year:
2004
120 min
$192,000
Website
3,621 Views


Pablo Argueta...

...Manuel Ayala...

...Antonio Gutirrez...

...Jos Rendn...

...Alfredo Argueta...

...Mario Snchez...

- What's your name?|- Temo.

- Temo what?|- Morales Morales.

- Get in line!|- He's only ten!

It's not fair!|How can you do this?!

- Temo! Temo!|- Sergeant! Sergeant!

Soldier!

Mario Snchez...

...Arturo Reyes...

...Gerber Reyes...

...Roberto Olsen...

Continue.

Roberto Olsen...

...Bardo Prez...

...Agustin Reina.

Quickly!

Quickly!

You should feel proud, boys.

You're going to be soldiers like us.

You will defend your country.

Sergeant...

...let's go.

Who gave the order to do this?

Step aside, Father.

Worry about their souls.

Hi, baby.|How was school?

Are you deaf?

How was school?

What's wrong, baby?

Tell me.

Did somebody hit you?

- Did the teacher punish you?|- They took Antonio.

- Antonio? Who took him?|- The soldiers.

They took him in a truck|with some other boys.

And they took Temo.

Temo?

To find the common denominator...

...multiply these two numbers...

- 3x4?|- 12.

Very good.

YOU'RE UGLIER THAN A FROG|CHAVA

If you like her so much,|go tell her.

Don't be a chicken.

Hi.

Hi.

I wanted to know|if... maybe...

...if you can...|and if you want to...

...come play with Chele,|Marcos, Fito, Ancha and me.

We're going to fly|paper fireflies.

- Uglier than a frog?|- I didn't write that.

No?|Then who?

If you want, we can meet at|Dona Celia's at 4.

Okay.

- Let's go!|- Let's go, Chava!

- The paper fireflies were fun.|- Yeah.

Well... I have to go.

Bye.

Ancha! Let's go!

We were flying paper fireflies...

...and they started shooting|and we had to run for it.

I'm going to show you some fireflies.|So you learn to be back early!

Sit down and eat.

Stinky girl!

Farty sister.

Sorry, ma.

Yuck...

...that really stinks.

Uncle Beto!

...so, mom bought|a sewing machine.

She makes dresses|and I sell them.

And I give her my money|from the bus.

I collect fares|and call the stops.

Yeah? Show me.

Downtown! Downtown!|Downtown!

That's great, munchkin.

And since mom keeps telling|me I'm the man of the house...

...I take care of my|brother and this one.

Yeah, right.|Especially me.

I'm glad you're|so responsible, munchkin.

Daddy!

Oh, this boy!|He calls every man "Daddy".

- What's your name, little boy?|- Ricardito.

Ricardito.

Mom is worried about you.

Don't disappear like that again.

You're not in trouble,|are you?

My brother takes care|of me and one day...

...he bought me a cookie but|I dropped it and the ants ate it.

Chava, the mattress!

Chava, Rosita!|Under the bed.

Shhh, baby.

Angelita!

Angelita.|My God... Help!

Dona Amalia, it's Beto!|I'm coming!

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Luis Mandoki

Luis Mandoki (born August 17, 1954 in Mexico City) is a Mexican film director working in Mexico and Hollywood. Luis Mandoki studied Fine Arts in Mexico and at the San Francisco Art Institute, the London College of Printing, and the London International Film School. While attending this last institution he directed his first short film Silent Music which won an award at the International Amateur Film Festival of Cannes Film Festival in 1976. Back in Mexico he directed short films and documentaries for the Instituto Nacional Indigenista (the National Institute for the Indigenous), Conacine (National Commission of Film) and the Centro de Produccion de Cortometraje (Center for the Production of Short Films). In 1980 he received an Ariel Award of the Mexican Academy of Film for his short film El secreto. Four years later, his film Motel was selected to represent Mexico in film festivals around the globe. At the age of 30 he developed, wrote, produced and directed Gaby: A True Story, a movie about the struggles of handicapped Gaby Brimer. This film was nominated for both the Academy and Golden Globe Awards. For the next 15 years he filmed only in English until the critically acclaimed Voces inocentes of 2004. This film gave him a Best Director nomination for the Ariel Award in 2005. The film also received three awards and was nominated for Best Film. The film was selected to represent Mexico for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and had a box-office output of 49.4 million pesos (roughly 4.5 million U.S. dollars) and was seen by 1.5 million people. Luis Mandoki currently resides in Mexico City with his wife, Olivia, and three children Camille, Daniel and Michelle. more…

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