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May 22, 2005

Review: Innocent Voices

Kristopher Monroe

Excellent film about El Salvador's civil war in the mid 80s that takes the point of view of an eleven year old boy and is based on a true story. The film follows the boy and his friends and family as they're caught up in the turmoil of El Salvador's conflict. It's an upsetting but ultimately touching story. Shot mostly in verite style with a few creative florishes, the film succeeds on almost every level. The story is very engaing, the characters comic, tradgic and heroic, and it doesn't cop out to a pat, entirely happy ending (despite the saccharine title and probably becasue it was based on a ture story). It's obvious who's side the filmmakers are on, but if you know the history of the conflict, it's hard not to sympathize. The guerrillas are given a pass in the film, but given the point of view, it doesn't really detract from the story at all. It's not all sad, but be prepared for some heavy stuff.

Plays @ 7pm, June 3 @ Uptown and 1:30pm, June 5 @ Neptune.

Posted by Kristopher Monroe at May 22, 2005 6:27 PM
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