Voces inocentes (2004)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Luis Mandoki

Writers:

Luis Mandoki (screenplay)
Oscar Orlando Torres (screenplay)

Release Date:

28 January 2005 (Mexico)

Genre:

Drama | War

Tagline:

How much will a mother sacrifice for the love of her son...

Plot:

A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980's El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him. |

Plot Keywords:

El Salvador | Young Boy | Children | Murder | Roof

Awards:

12 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Carlos Padilla	...	Chava
Leonor Varela	...	Kella
Gustavo Muñoz	...	Ancha
José María Yazpik	...	Uncle Beto
Ofelia Medina	...	Mama Toya
Daniel Giménez Cacho	...	Priest
Jesús Ochoa	...	Chofer
Jorge Angel Toriello	...	Fito
Adrian Alonso	...	Chele
Andrés Márquez	...	Marcos
Alejandro Felipe	...	Ricardito (as Alejandro Felipe Flores)
Ana Paulina Caceres	...	Rosita (as Ana Paulina Cáceres)
Xuna Primus	...	Cristina Maria
Paulina Gaitan	...	Angelita (as Paulina Gaytan Ruíz)
Alan Andreé	...	Antonio

Also Known As:

Casas de cartón (Mexico) (working title)
Innocent Voices (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for disturbing violence and some language.

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

Mexico | USA | Puerto Rico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Finland:K-15 | UK:12A (cut) | South Korea:15 | Sweden:11 (TV rating) | South Africa:13V | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Brazil:16 | Chile:14 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Hong Kong:IIB

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Company:

Lawrence Bender Productions

Trivia:

Official submission from Mexico for the 77th Academy Awards.

Soundtrack:

Mi país

Eye-opening...

I just read all of your comments guys..it doesn't matter which side mistreated kids more..the fact is kids were recruited to fight...i come from Lebanon, a country that knew 15 years of civil war..and yes in my country too, kids fought side to side with militias..."Voces Innocentes" is for me a very sad movie..it tickles our state of mind in the sense that it reminds us that life isn't as pleasant anywhere else on earth..here El Salvador is shown torn by civil war, but elsewhere daily wars are still going on (Darfour in Ethiopia, Sida in Africa, poverty in India...) I received the movie from Mexico..It is a shame it was only shown here in Canada in Toronto's Film Festival..Movies like "Voces Innocentes" should be made known to the public...Instead of bombarding people with loads of commercial pointless movies, let them think for a change...