What's a nice girl like you doing in a war like this?
This award-winning Mexican film takes a look at the civil war in El Salvador during the 1980s. The story is told from the viewpoint of an eleven year old boy, living in a poor rural village. The army was drafting boys when they turned 12, so it was a stressful time for him. In between his first romance and the struggle to survive, they also had to deal with the notorious death squads. In Spanish with English subtitles.
105 minutes, No persons under 13 (Violence) Drama, War, On the art circuit
