Innocent Voices

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Alejandra Z As a person who has family members who survived the Salvadoran civil war, it was a very sad movie to watch at some points where you're going to cry. I watch this movie when I was a kid and it changed my view points in my life and the childhood my family members grew up in El Salvador. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/24/24 Full Review Audience Member I watched this movie as a little kid. Had me crying then and has me crying now. It's a beautiful movie about war, life, dead and innocent children & families caught in the cross fire of war, hence the title. Definitely worth watching. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member "Innocent Voices" was a wonderful film, which leaves the audience feeling grateful for what the have as well as the urge to cause a change to make the world a better place. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Powerful. makes you think of all those child soldiers, what they were and what they became. And all those wars, how pointless. what ever was gained in this conflict in El Salvadore during the over 10 years it lasted? Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member [2/2/14] For those of us who live in the comfortable, chaotic-less, and commodity-full society in the privileged sections of the first world, "Voces Inocentes" can be a confusing viewing experience (and possibly offensive). It should come as no surprise that the U.S had a habit during the Cold War of favoring ruthless dictatorships over even the slightest possibility of a country falling to communism. It should also come to no surprise that the U.S was willing to finance conflicts to prevent any communist regime even if it meant that a million people had to die. For many, the Salvadorian Civil War was by no means a democratic triumph over communism; and many today will question if the U.S anti-communist stance was worth causing so much bloodshed (I'll leave that question unanswered). The civil war in El Salvador lasted 20 years, the one in Guatemala (which was somewhat similar in terms of "sides") lasted 30 years, U.S was involved in staging a coup in Chile (and Nicaragua), the war in Afghanistan is on-going (technically), etc etc and all of them had unintended consequences. Nonetheless, all of these conflicts displaced many people from their homeland and ruined the childhoods of many--for those kids, the sounds of shootings and death were their lullaby. And you wonder why so much of the globe resent us, Americans, hmmmm. War is profitable, oh yeah, you can be sure that someone is getting rich from any modern conflict (that's just the plain truth: look up the Military-Industrial Complex). No single person or company deserves the blame, the fault rests in the hands of those who gained some sort of "check" by domestic policy to intervene in foreign matters. And chances are, the folks who were 'making a killing'--whoops--'making it rain' weren't just "American elite," one can guarantee that there were other top key players from the other countries too. That aside [and shifting the focus back on the movie] "Voces Inocentes" is a fine war drama (and let me make this clear, I'm not a fan of Mexican cinema at all) but this film....it's a foreign film gem, for sure. Ignoring the politics around it, the director did an excellent job in portraying the fear, the loss, and a type of dismal hope among the characters. Ultimately, one should be view this film with an open mind--there's rarely a conflict where there's a definite right or wrong side--and try to watch it without letting their own political views get in the way. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review alex k My Favorite Film Is 1941's Citizen Kane. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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