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| Innocent Voices | 
 enlarge | Director: Luis Mandoki
Actors: Daniel Jimenez Cacho, Ofelia Medina, Guillermo Rios, Victor (kino) Gonzalez, Jesus Ochoa
Studio: LIGHTYEAR VIDEO
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (12 reviews)
Sales Rank: 15362
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 110 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: AVIDA65024D
UPC: 896010001270
EAN: 0896010001270
ASIN: B000WC38IC
Release Date: April 8, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Based on the true story of screenwriter Oscar Torres's embattled childhood in 1980's El Salvador, Innocent Voices is the poignant tale of Chava, an eleven-year-old boy. Chava suddenly becomes the "man of the house" in a time when the government's army is forcibly recruiting twelve year olds to battle against the peasant rebels of the FMLN. It is a story of life, love, the hope of peace, and the ennobling power of the human spirit.
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 Pretty good little movie November 30, 2008
This movie satisfied my needs and desires. If you are looking for a solid film about life during the El Salvadorean civil war then look no further.
 modern child sacrifice November 13, 2008
"We here are all scared of turning twelve," explains Chava, "because that's when the army takes you. I have one year left." Innocent Voices takes place in El Salvador's civil war that raged from 1980-1992, but it could have been set in any of the dozens of countries around the world where governments and "liberation" armies recruit child soldiers. In El Salvador, the authoritarian government, with a billion dollars of aid and training from the United States ("They're training our soldiers to kill us."), forcibly conscripted young boys to fight its civil war against the FMLN. Since his father left for the US, eleven-year-old Chava is the "man of the house." The film revolves around the plight of his extended family. Chava follows his Uncle Beto and sides with the rebels, but his mother Kella observes that they, too, conscript their kids. Innocent Voices reinforces the truth that in all modern wars, the biggest losers by far are innocent civilians. Co-writer Oscar Orlando Torres based this award-winning film on his own memoirs. In Spanish, with English sub-titles.
Important story for you to hear September 22, 2008
Not the greatest movie making by a long-shot (editing needed), but many powerful images for sure. Familiarize yourselves with another part of "las americas" and the u.s. involvement there. Basado en una historia real.
 Costs of civil war on children June 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Film set in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador during the 12 year civil war (1980-1992). Story centers around Chava, a 11 year old boy and his single parent mother who is caring for 3 children trying to make ends meet as a seamstress. Their father abandons the family leaving the boy to be "the man of the house." The war is between the El Salvadorean army (which is funded and trained by the U.S. government) and the peasant rebels (FMLN) who are aiming to overthrow the government.
The director captures the costs of civil war and specifically so on the mothers who live in fear of losing their children - and the costs on the children - who lose their innocence so early in life and who live in daily fear to see first-hand accounts of rape, violence and killings. And yet, he nicely intersperses kids trying to be kids - first love, first kiss, playing on the streets.
Amid all of the violence and strife, the story gets a little too tidy for me beyond mid-point of the movie. Chava escapes recruitment by the government army. Chava escapes capture by the army yet his friends aren't so lucky. Chava is able to sneak away from a fire fight when is caught squarely in the jungle between the two warring factions. Chava is able to locate his mother in the burned out settlement after the entire village is gone.
Terrific cinematography in this movie with some memorable scenes of colorful firefly paper kites against a pitch black sky - torrents of rain falling against metal rooftops and muddy streets - the mother's fear when Chava doesn't come home before curfew - 12 year old boys standing in fear of being "drafted" during middle school classes - just to name a view.
GREAT Movie! May 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Innocent Voices was a great movie. The acting was outstanding and the quality of production, superb. This movie presents one perspective about the civil war in El Salvador as a child relates his experiences. The viewer is able to see what he sees and feel what he feels as an impersonal war encroaches upon his family. One reviewer stated that the movie takes sides. I suppose that's somewhat true. But when a stray bullet causes harm, the child's mother is quick to point out that it could have come from either side and that atrocities have been comitted by both. Again, this movie shares one perspective and, in my opinion, does nothing to take away from the movie's excellence. Also I'd like to add.....I thought this movie provided excellent cultural value and awareness. I had my children watch it (ages 14 &17). Not only were they thoroughly engaged by the story, but they were able to see how other people live and what type of hardships they endure. They take their lives here for granted. Often they complain. I want them to understand how thankful they should be for the lives of ease they enjoy. This movie helped to put things in perspective for them. I highly recommend it.
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