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Innocent Voices was a very thought provoking movie that showed the life of a child during a crisis in El Salvador. Young men between the ages of 12 and 15 were taken out of the school at random and chosen to become part of the army. I appreciated that even though the movie took place during a war with all of it's horrors, the director still took time to show the innocence of children by shooting scenes of them playing, laughing, and having fun together. My favorite character would have to be Ancha, the mentally challenged character. He was so full of life on screen. He, along with the other kids, made the scenario much more bearable to watch. He was such a great role in the film, and it was interesting to see how the other characters treated him. No one purposefully interacted with him besides the children.

This is the second time that I have seen the movie Innocent Voices. The first time I saw it was in Costa Rica on a school service trip. This movie did a fantastic job of showing the viewers how intense and dangerous the civil war was in El Salvador. The children and really everyone was never able to feel 100% safe. The young main character, Chava, was deeply afraid of turning 12 because the soldiers were able to recruit children if they were 12 and older. They would show up at the schools or even the homes and just take the children, the parents had no say. It was very saddening to see the way things were and all the hardships Chava and his family went through. Chava saw two of his friends get shot in the head and was almost killed many times himself. All together I think that it was a really good movie that kept my attention and interest.

This is without doubt a very well written and thought through screenplay and movie and extremely heartfelt, as the sleeve to the DVD says. Every war story is unique but when told through the eyes of a child, it is special in many ways.Okay, they use Mexicans not local Salvadoreans and the accents are not what they should be but Mexicans I assume apply the expertise and class to the film to make what it is.It is a very objective and thought provoking film. I have no idea who were the bads guys, the Army or the Guerrillas, and I don't think Chava or his family ever knew throughout the film, but the story was told wonderfully.Chava is a real star and the acting throughout is incredible. Did wonder whether if Penelope Cruz had played the Mother, the film might have been acclaimed for best picture for Oscar but this is a 2004/2005 movie and thats in the past.I read some of the earlier comments and Salvadoreans in particular have commented well. We may be doing Regan in an injustice with negative comments, misplaced comments on this site but this is one war film not to missed and I would let my 11 year old son watch it to see how an 11 year old boy copes with life under completely different circumstances.yes there is bloody violent moments but no more so than the average Kung Fu movie. There is no bad language or sex and I consider it safe for a mature child to have the chance to comprehend this movie.Well done to the researchers, director and producer in my opinion for this movie, quality indeed! In the Spanish language of course with English sub titles.

Stunning film about the Salvadoran Civil War, told through the eyes of an 11-year-old boy, who, once he hits twelve, will be rounded up with other children and forced into military service, fighting for the US supported government. As shocking as the reality of the subject matter is, the film plays out peppered with good humor as we watch this mischievous little boy and his similarly mischievous friends carry on being children in spite of the horrors unfolding around them. Watching and laughing at these charming children brings a weight of sadness as we know they will soon have to grow up or die.Because the impoverished locals didn't stand a chance against the U.S. funded military machine of El Salvador, they had to resort to guerrilla warfare, which in turn prompted the creation of US sponsored death squads whose role was to spread terror amongst the locals. They did this by killing over 75,000 innocent people.