This movie is about an 11 year- old boy who has to make tough decisions or who is involved in the chaos that was the civil war in El Salvador between 1980-1992

shy_sophie77

I was born in the mid-1980's so I grew up during the Civil War in El Salvador, and had to partially move to Canada because of it. This movie to my understanding should be seen as a sharing of a story, and not truly as a movie. Movies are mostly based on an unreal event, and I do say mostly based, and so this is more of a sharing of information. It is a very accurate depiction of what happened in El Salvador, and to what most of the population lived at that time. I have been skimming over other people's opinions on the film, and i found some to be valid and some not to be valid. I did find the fact that the mother of Chava( the main character) was a model somewhat annoying but I got over that when she portrayed her role in a very good manner. Other than that I found this film to be a truly worthwhile experience. I have just gotten back from a trip to El Salvador, and most people in the theatres cry because if this film.

score 9/10

shy_sophie77 31 May 2005

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