Voces inocentes (2004)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Luis Mandoki

Writers:

Luis Mandoki (screenplay)
Oscar Orlando Torres (screenplay)

Release Date:

28 January 2005 (Mexico)

Genre:

Drama | War

Tagline:

How much will a mother sacrifice for the love of her son...

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

El Salvador | Young Boy | Children | Murder | Roof

Awards:

12 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Carlos Padilla	...	Chava
Leonor Varela	...	Kella
Gustavo Muñoz	...	Ancha
José María Yazpik	...	Uncle Beto
Ofelia Medina	...	Mama Toya
Daniel Giménez Cacho	...	Priest
Jesús Ochoa	...	Chofer
Jorge Angel Toriello	...	Fito
Adrian Alonso	...	Chele
Andrés Márquez	...	Marcos
Alejandro Felipe	...	Ricardito (as Alejandro Felipe Flores)
Ana Paulina Caceres	...	Rosita (as Ana Paulina Cáceres)
Xuna Primus	...	Cristina Maria
Paulina Gaitan	...	Angelita (as Paulina Gaytan Ruíz)
Alan Andreé	...	Antonio

Also Known As:

Casas de cartón (Mexico) (working title)
Innocent Voices (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for disturbing violence and some language.

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

Mexico | USA | Puerto Rico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Finland:K-15 | UK:12A (cut) | South Korea:15 | Sweden:11 (TV rating) | South Africa:13V | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Brazil:16 | Chile:14 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Hong Kong:IIB

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Company:

Lawrence Bender Productions

Trivia:

Official submission from Mexico for the 77th Academy Awards.

Soundtrack:

Razones

90% Accurate Regarding the Civil War

I also saw this movie and can testify that it's 90% accurate regarding how the civil war really was. But it's still a left-wing flick, it tilts that way. For instance, it showed us the brutality of the right-wing military but never once did it mentioned the atrocities of the communist guerrillas. I for one lived in El Salvador during the civil war and can say it was an ugly, nasty war. Most of the atrocities were committed by the communist left-wing guerrillas. They also committed massacres en-masse of civilians.

There still DOESN'T exist ONE flick about the Salvadoran civil war which showed BOTH sides of the atrocities. All of them are left-leaning.

Anyways, let's pardon this movie for neglecting to show us the atrocities of the other side (communist guerrillas) and let's focus on the cinematography.... it was excellent, excellent cinematography, I liked the attention to detail in this movie, the recruitments and the sudden barrages of gunfire.. that's exactly how this war was. Boys were forcefully drafted into the army and thrown into battle-infested areas as soon as they reached 12, sometimes younger (amazing that this movie neglected to depict the fact that the guerrillas were worse, they took kids at 9 years of age and gave them Ak-47's to attack military bases).

Anyways, I really enjoyed this "coming of age" movie in a war-torn country, at least it was accurate and not preposterous like James Wood's/Oliver Stone's 1985 "Salvador".