9 Films & TV Shows Set In El Salvador
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Wasp Network
Florida π¨πΊ Cuba πΈπ» El Salvador The 1990s The 1980sTraitors or heroes? β Havana, Cuba, 1990. RenΓ© GonzΓ‘lez, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind his wife Olga and his daughter Irma, and begins a new life in Miami, where he becomes a member of an anti-Castro organization.
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Anything for Her
π§πͺ Belgium π«π· France πΈπ» El SalvadorIn a second, their life will change... β Lisa and Julien are married and lead a happy uneventful life with their son Oscar. But their life radically changes one morning, when the police comes to arrest Lisa on murder charges. She's sentenced to 20 years of prison. Convinced of his wife's innocence, Julien decides to act. How far will he be willing to go for her?
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Innocent Voices
πΈπ» El Salvador The 1980sA young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980s 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
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Diplomatic Immunity
πΈπ» El SalvadorA female Canadian diplomat goes on a mission to El Salvador to try smooth relations between their government and the people of a small town who risk the loss of their home.
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Romero
πΈπ» El SalvadorIn defense of the poor in El Salvador, he fought with the only weapon he had... the truth. β Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.
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Salvador
πΈπ» El Salvador The 1980sDateline: 1980, El Salvador. Correspondent: Richard Boyle, Photojournalist - Guatemala, Iran, Vietnam, Chile, Belfast, Lebanon, Cambodia... β A second-rate journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.
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Choices of the Heart
πΈπ» El SalvadorJeannie Donovan, a party-girl searching for that something missing in her life, finds it in El Salvador, hooking up with three nuns and a heartful of ache, love, and horror in the midst of a civil war. This is a true story of the four American churchwomen murdered in the Central American countryside, and the indifference of the American government to their sad and desperate story.
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El Salvador: Another Vietnam
πΈπ» El Salvador The 1920s The 1930s The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1940sThis political documentary illustrates the turbulent history of El Salvador from the 1920s-1970s, and the role of the U.S. government in that history. The most comprehensive film introduction to that country, examines the civil war there in light of the Reagan administration's decision to "draw the line" against "communist interference" in Central America. Archival material offers an overview of U.S. military and economic policy in Central America since 1948, while footage drawn from sources in the U.S., Mexico, and Europe provides extensive background to the current political and military situation.
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You Only Come at Night
πΈπ» El Salvador π¬πΉ GuatemalaTourist gets involved with mother and daughter without realizing they're related, runs afoul of husband/father. It ends badly.