A gripping and convincing looking picture about one village's experiences during the Salvadoran civil war of the 80's, with a touching performance by Luis Padilla as Chava, an eleven year old facing forced recruitment into the army on his twelfth birthday. As the war rages around him and his family day and night, he falls in love with schoolmate Maria Cristina (Xuna Primus). The coming of age angle is wedged in amongst the violence and danger and creates a tender and tragic subplot which draws you into the bigger picture of social and civil disruption and military atrocities as the civil war engulfs the village and drives the villagers out.
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