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2004 | Color | 120 min

Set in the mid 1980s El Salvador, in the midst of the countrys civil war, a young boy must decide between enlisting in the army or join up with guerrillas.


Country: México
Direction: Mandoki; Luis
Script: Torres; Óscar, Mandoki; Luis
Production: Mandoki; Luis, Soberón Kuri; Alejandro, Harp; Sisset, Harp; Alfredo, Lugo; Elba Luis, González; Federico, Bender; Lawrence
Photography: Ruiz Anchia; Juan
Sound: Hernández; Martín
Music: Abujamra; André

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