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Release Date: Oct 14, 2005
Running Time: 120 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
Country Of Origin: Mexico
synopsis
Set in 1980's El Salvador, where a boy's twelfth birthday enlists him automatically in the army, Kella struggles to protect her family in the middle of a civil war. Kella's son, Chava, spends his 11th year chasing a first love, shielding siblings from bullets, testing his mother, and taking on the role of his absent father.
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Kella
Chava
Uncle Beto
Mama Toya
Priest
Ancha
Bus Driver
Cristina Maria
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Innocent Voices depicts the brutal reality of El Salvador's 1980 civil war as seen through eyes of an 11 year-old boy who may soon get drafted by the army despite not understanding what the war is about. Though both sides were soldiered with young boys, it was the government that actively recruited all 12-year-olds and forced them to fight. Eleven year-old Chava (Carlos Padilla) is about to turn, but that doesn't stop him from trying to enjoy life. Since he's the man of the house--his father… |
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