La boca del lobo (1988)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Francisco J. Lombardi

Writers:

Augusto Cabada (writer)
Gonzalo Herrero (writer)

Release Date:

25 January 1989 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Action | War

Plot:

The Peruvian anti-terrorist army takes control of a far away and unknown small village isolated in the Andes by the terrorist militia "Sendero Luminoso" (Shining Path), during the dirty war in Peru at 80's decade.

Plot Keywords:

Military | Racism | Rape | Violence | Massacre

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Gustavo Bueno	...	Lt. Roca
Toño Vega	...	Vitin Luna
José Tejada	...	Gallardo
Gilberto Torres	...	Sgt. Moncada
Bertha Pagaza	...	Julia
Antero Sanchez	...	Lt. Basulto
Aristóteles Picho	...	El Chino
Fernando Vasquez	...	Bacigalupo
Luis Saavedra	...	Escalante
Lucio Yabar	...	Quispe
Walter Florian	...	Polanco
Dionisio Tovar	...	Rogello
Luis Otoya	...	Mayor
Garman Guevara	...	Peasant
Luiz Trielli	...	Losano

Also Known As:

In the Mouth of the Wolf
The Lion's Den

Runtime:

128 min | West Germany:123 min (Berlin Film Festival)

Country:

Peru | Spain

Language:

Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:16 | France:U | Peru:18 | Sweden:15

Company:

Inca Film

Realistic and Cold

I just saw this movie and let me say that it's as realistic as it can get, in some scenes it's hard to distinguish if it's a movie or a documentary. The movie not only documents the reality of the peruvian civil war but also what exactly goes on in villages afflicted by war, the movie also depicts the racism against indian peoples in latin nations. This movie is the epitome of realism. I know this because I have been myself in the middle of a Latin American civil war and there's nothing you can subtract from this movie as being unrealistic. The "Sendero Luminoso" (Shinning Path) guerrillas were the most strange guerrilla movement in the American continent, it was refreshing to see this movie and see their modus operandi in the battlefield.

I give it an 8/10.