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7.3/10   970 votes
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Director:
John Duigan
Writer (WGA):
John Sacret Young (written by)
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Release Date:
25 August 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Plot:
The life and work of Archbishop Oscar Romero who opposed, at great personal risk, the tyrannical repression in El Salvador. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
The best political thriller of them all because it's a realstory more

Cast

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Raul Julia ... Archbishop Oscar Romero
Richard Jordan ... Father Rutilio Grande
Ana Alicia ... Arista Zelada

Eddie Velez ... Lt. Columa
Alejandro Bracho ... Father Alfonzo Osuña
Tony Plana ... Father Manuel Morantes

Harold Gould ... Francisco Galedo
Lucy Reina ... Lucia

Al Ruscio ... Bishop Estrada

Tony Perez ... Father Rafael Villez
Robert Viharo ... Col. Ernesto Dorio
Harold Cannon ... Gen. Humberto
Claudio Brook ... Bishop Flores
Martin LaSalle ... Bishop Rivera y Damas
Eduardo López Rojas ... Bishop Cordova
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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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Quotes:
Archbishop Oscar Romero: I'd like to make an appeal in a special way to the men in the army. Brothers, each one of you is one of us. We are the same People. The farmers and peasants that you kill are your own brothers and sisters. When you hear the words of a man telling you to kill...
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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
The best political thriller of them all because it's a realstory, 9 August 2000
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Author: kserbin from San Diego, California

"Romero" is about injustice in the world but presents this theme without "preaching." It draws in the viewer through the excellent performance of Raul Julia (rest his soul! he is missed!). "Romero" is also about class differences and the intolerance of the powerful towards social change. It's a great film for teaching Americans about what life is like in the rest of the world. It's a Hollywood film that managed not to go Hollywood.

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