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David Alberto Campos rating:
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Weakened by two years of fighting, the army of El Salvador has been forced to replenish its ranks with the nation’s young sons, most of whom are kidnapped in sudden and terrifying village raids. Eleven-year-old Chava watches as his friends are taken from his town, the last outpost on the way to the capital, but his feelings of powerlessness are altered one day when his Uncle Beto visits. On leave from guerrilla fighting, the charismatic ... [+]
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September 16, 2007
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Mandoki nos regala una buena pieza, y nos tortura con un realismo escalofriante. En mi humilde opinión, es lo mejor que se ha hecho a propósito de la carnicería ocurrida en El Salvador durante esa horrorosa década del ochenta, llena de sangre y terror. La intensidad de la trama, la dinámica narración y el brillante manejo del primer plano reclaman el aplauso para el buen Mandoki.