Plot summary
During a night of 1989, in the middle of the Salvadoran civil war, six Jesuit priests were murdered at the UCA University. The news has an immediate international repercussion since their contribution was key in the foreseeable peace agreement after a decade of bloody war. Who killed them? The government immediately blamed the guerrillas but an eyewitness debunked the official version. Her name is Lucía and she works as a cleaning employee at the UCA. She has seen who were the real killers: the army. Now she will have to choose between testifying for the truth or protecting her family.
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Movie Reviews
A significant socio-political drama.
Decent and interesting political thriller containing drama , intrigue and a thorny denounce
It follows the actual story and testimony of Lucía : Juana Acosta , the only witness in the crime of the Jesuits in El Salvador. She was a cleaner at UCA of Jesuits where teach as teachers Ignacio Ellacuria : Kara Elejalde , Padre Nachito : Ernest Collado and others . And some of them , followers of the "Teología de la Liberacion" doctrine . Then Lucía is occassional witness of the events happened in November 16, 1989 during Salvador Civil War . In San Salvador took place the murder of various Jesuit priests . Subsequently , the Salvador Goverment blames of the hideous massacre to the rebel guerrilla called FMLN (Frente Farabundo Marti para Liberación Nacional).
This is a political thriller in Costa-Gavras style with suspense , emotion , thriller but extremely talking . As the film relies heavily on long interrogations in which two protagonists : Juana Acosta , Juan Carlos Martínez are deeply questioned and even using violence , at times. As the film depeloping results to be slow-pace with it ups and downs , as well as a boring narration . The picture benefits itself of a nice main and support cast that are frankly good . Here stands out Juana Acosta giving a terrific acting as an unfortune cleaner of Christian belief , as she shows sensibility , tendernes and decision. Juana is well accompanied by a good cast , such as : Juan Carlos Martínez as her husband Jorge , Kara Elejalde as Padre Ignacio Ellacuria , Carmelo Gómez as are José Maria , Ben Temple as Padre Paul, Angel Bonanni , Ernesto Collado, Gerard Fillmore and brief appearance by Tony Corvillo .
The motion picture was professionally by Imanol Uribe , though tedious and tiring , at times . Uribe Born in Salvador , though lives in Basque Country and Madrid . Imanol gained fame early in his long career for his controversial socio-political portraits of the Basque people as Fuga de Segovia , Muerte de Mikel . Then, he turned to thriller as Adiós Pequeña , Running out of time , Plenilunio , Carta Esférica, and drama as Bwana , Rey Pasmado , Orange Honey , among others. Rating : 6.5/10. Acceptable and passable .