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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
3,645 Views


Beto! What are you doing?

- Chava! Chava!|- Angelita!

Angelita!

Get down, Chava!

Get down!

Baby?

Chava!

- What's happened?|- My girl.

I'm here with you,|don't be afraid.

Chava, press here.|Hard, okay?

Uncle Beto!

Kella!

Stay there! Don't move!

Angelita!

My girl, don't leave me!

- Angelita!|- Help me, please!

My girl is dying!

Don't leave me.

Angelita! Angelita!

- Angelita!|- Baby!

Baby!|Baby!

Oh God!

Please help me!

Angelita!

My girl.

Dear God!

My girl!

Dear God,|my girl has died.

What's happened?

Oh God, help me!

Don't cry, baby!

Don't play that, Beto.|They'll kill us all.

How sad the rains sounds...

on the cardboard rooftops.

How sad my people live...

in the cardboard houses.

Children the color of my land...

with the same scars...

bellies bloated with worms.

Look at the suffering.

The burden of the suffering.

Above in the village...

he leaves his pregnant wife.

Below in the city...

he gets caught in it's web

The bullet that killed Angelita could|have come from the guerrilla.

How long have you been involved?

For a while.

We're preparing an offensive|to disrupt the army, Kella.

This is the only place left between|the capital and the guerrilla.

And it's going to explode.

It's going to get dangerous.

It's going to get much worse.

Chavita's about to turn 12.|We've got to get him out of here.

Yes...

...your side also take boys.

Morazn and San Vicente|are liberated areas.

He'd have a roof.|He'd have food.

We're building schools.

What he needs, Beto...

...is to be here,|with me.

He's too little.

- If you stayed here with us--|- Kella...

You've got to understand, please.

The army will take him away.

At least with me,|he'd be safer.

Let me take him.

- Got a girlfriend?|- Just one.

Just one?

- What's her name?|- Cristina Mara.

The new teacher's daughter.

She's the prettiest of all.

Listen, Chavita.

What I'm about to tell you is|very important. So pay attention.

What happened to Angelita|are things that happen.

Chavita, I won't lie and say|things are going to get better...

...because they'll get worse|before they get better...

Understand?

This might help you understand|what's going on.

Look for "Radio Venceremos" here.

It's the voice of our people.

It's not always on,|so you have to keep looking.

But Chava, it's banned|so you have to be careful.

You can find the song|I played last night.

Did you like it?

- Ratn!|- Chavita!

Will I see you again,|uncle?

Next time I'll take you with me.

At this moment we are|broadcasting...

...Radio Venceremos, voice|of the guerrilla resistance...

What's your answer?

Hey, no!

And you?

I asked you first.

One.

Two.

- Three!|- Three!

Can we go out?

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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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