Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In Spanish — subtitles on.
The story
A young boy, attempting to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life when he desperately tries to avoid the war that is raging all around him.
- guerrilla warfare
- el salvador
- young boy
- catholic priest
- child soldier
- 1980s
- children in wartime
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Gustavo Muñoz — Ancha
- 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)
- Paulina Gaitán — Angelita (as Paulina Gaytan Ruíz)
- Alan Chávez — Antonio (as Alan Andreé)
- Directed
- Luis Mandoki
- Written
- Oscar Orlando Torres, Luis Mandoki
Production
- Rating
- 8.2 / 10 · 530 ratings
- Studio
- Santo Domingo Films, Altavista Films, MUVI Films, Lawrence Bender Productions, Organización Santo Domingo, A Band Apart
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
