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What Lucía Saw

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During a night of 1989, in the middle of the Salvadoran civil war, six Jesuit priests were murdered at the UCA University. The news has an immediate international repercussion since their contribution was key in the foreseeable peace agreement after a decade of bloody war. Who killed them? The government immediately blamed the guerrillas but an eyewitness debunked the official version. Her name is Lucía and she works as a cleaning employee at the UCA. She has seen who were the real killers: the army. Now she will have to choose between testifying for the truth or protecting her family.

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Carlos Boyero El Pais (Spain) The true atrocities it describes don't leave a mark. [Full review in Spanish] Jun 8, 2022 Full Review Jonathan Holland Screen International A film that makes no claims to be at the stylistic cutting edge: what you get instead are the solid virtues of craftsmanship and calm. Mar 24, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis During a night of 1989, in the middle of the Salvadoran civil war, six Jesuit priests were murdered at the UCA University. The news has an immediate international repercussion since their contribution was key in the foreseeable peace agreement after a decade of bloody war. Who killed them? The government immediately blamed the guerrillas but an eyewitness debunked the official version. Her name is Lucía and she works as a cleaning employee at the UCA. She has seen who were the real killers: the army. Now she will have to choose between testifying for the truth or protecting her family.
Director
Imanol Uribe
Producer
María Luisa Gutiérrez, Gerardo Herrero
Screenwriter
Daniel Cebrián
Genre
Drama, History
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
1h 45m