Innocent Voices (Voces Inocentes) [NTSC/REGION 1 & 4. IMPORT-LATIN AMERICA]
by Luis Mandoki
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DVD Cover Information
Director: Luis MandokiPrimary Contributor: Carlos Padilla
Primary Contributor: Daniel Gimenez Cacho
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Unknown); Portuguese (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Dolby, Import, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Running Time: 110 unknown-units
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Product features:
- Dios o Demonio Gertrudis Bocanegra
Movie Reviews of Innocent Voices (Voces Inocentes) [NTSC/REGION 1 & 4. IMPORT-LATIN AMERICA]
Movie Review: Another proud chapter in the fight for the free world
Summary: 5 Stars
A simple tale about a slum family in El Salvador during the 12 years civil war from 1980 to 92. Men are either with the army or with the guerilla or dead or two of the three. The demarcation line for `men' is 12 years. Boys before 12 either run away to `safety' with the guerilla or wait for `recruitment' by the army. This is an un-bureaucratic country, so the 12 years line is not taken so literally.
Chava's dad has run away to the States. That is the fourth alternative, which I forgot to mention above. Presumably he obtained a proper work permit and entry visa. He left Chava, 11, as the man of the house, with a brave mother, who works with a sewing machine at home, doing things that Chava tries to sell in town. There is an older sister, who plays along with the 'man in the house' fiction, and a little brother who screams at every nightly battle noise, the stupid brat. When Chava turns 12, the family tries bravely to celebrate his 11th birthday, to no avail.
Did I mention that the `Gringos' are coaching the army and distributing gum to the slum kids?
I remember I traveled in Bolivia in 1980 in some kind of state emergency, forgot what emergency. I remember very clearly that I did not feel so safe with 14 year old soldiers holding the machine guns at the check points.
Child soldiers are one of the sickest aspects of this sick world mess that we have had for a few decades. Or maybe always?
I would feel much better if somebody could explain to me in an intelligent way what the support to the Salvador army in the 80s was supposed to contribute, in terms of positive objectives. Or if somebody could convince me that this film is not telling the truth.
Summary of Innocent Voices (Voces Inocentes) [NTSC/REGION 1 & 4. IMPORT-LATIN AMERICA]
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