Based on the true story of a now-grown Oscar Torres,



this moving film (set in El Salvador in the mid-1980s) follows the drama of a young boy who must choose between enlisting in the Salvadoran army or joining up with a band of guerrillas. Director Luis Mandoki



presents a society of innocent victims who are caught in a blinding cross fire, a life-or-death environment in which survival is a daily struggle.



Rated R 1 hour 50 minutes 2004

5 stars! AMAZING!! We both cried throughout this whole dang film! Carlos Padilla, the little boy who plays the main character, was simply fantastic! His acting & emotion was 100% believable and very real!! Very moving and sad film! Outstanding actors, intense, emotional!