Innocent Voices

Innocent Voices

  • Director: Luis Mandoki
  • Writer: Luis Mandoki,Oscar Orlando Torres
  • Countries of origin: Mexico, United States, Puerto Rico
  • Language: Spanish
  • Release date: November 4, 2005
  • Runtime: 2 hours
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: 純真11歲
  • "Voces inocentes" is a 2004 drama war film directed by Luis Manduji, starring Carlos Padilla, Leona Valera, and Jose Maria Yazpi.
    The film tells the story of the civil war between the government army and the guerrillas in El Salvador in the 1980s, and the spreading fire caused many children to be displaced. 

    Details

    • Release date November 4, 2005
    • Filming locations Mexico
    • Production companies Lawrence Bender Productions, MUVI Films, Organización Santo Domingo

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $837,878

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $192,055

    Gross worldwide

    $7,048,103

    Movie reviews

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    • By Oda 2022-12-22 11:36:47

      complex innocence

      Originally, I thought that I watched a lot of war movies, and I might be a little tired of aesthetics, but I still think this is a movie worth watching.

      Based on a true story, the film describes the war as a 12-year civil war between government forces and guerrillas in El Salvador, Mexico in the 1980s. The difference is that the film is told from the eyes of an 11-year-old boy, Chava. At that time, the government would forcibly capture boys over 12 years old to serve as soldiers,...

    • By Kaylie 2022-12-09 09:28:32

      An easy review of Voces Inocentes

      With calm footage and occasional touching (or fanciful) plots, this film outlines a proxy civil war that has been waged by the small Central American country of El Salvador under the wrestling of the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, since the Cold War. The government troops were backed by the United States, and the guerrillas (rebels in the eyes of the government) were Soviet aid. Since the film is adapted from the author's personal experience, the plot takes a boy as...

    • By Garland 2022-12-05 17:50:30

      The voice of ignorance Humans are indeed stupid without knowing it

      The choice is left to the people who live in peaceful and peaceful countries, and in a country at war, as long as it is a human being, there is nothing left but helplessness, and what should be educated at an age in war is forced to put down the gun and take it. With the guilt about life and cannibalism that can never be put down, at the age of 11, his mother sacrificed everything to send him to safety, but he stayed in place and looked forward to an unknown reunion. War is not...

    • By Fredrick 2022-11-22 05:58:42

      children's cry

      For a long time, El Salvador has been one of the poorest countries in Central America. Years of war have caused the people to live in poverty, but if it only talks about the war and the conflict between the two gangs, the film itself is bound to have less connotation, and it will be different when it comes to children. Mandoki focused his attention on a little boy in the war zone. Chawa, his father was not with him, and his mother brought his family with him. The shuttle bullets were just a...

    • By Jaeden 2022-11-21 22:01:50

      Also known as "Innocent Eleven", no wonder I searched for a long time

      "Innocent Eleven" is a high-rated movie, I've always known it. I haven't watched it for a long time because I was misled by the title. (I thought it was the type of "Heartbeat") I don't know why, I have a special complex for movies with war as the background, especially when the lead actor is a child, I feel even more emotional. It took 2 hours to finish watching this movie with a complicated mood. In addition to thanking the peaceful times for providing us with our current stable life, I am...

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    • By Daphney 2023-09-17 05:26:06

      The movie itself is bound to have less connotation, and it will be different when it comes to children. Seeing war through the eyes of a child is truly shocking. That ballad was really...

    • By Aurelio 2023-08-08 06:52:33

      Looking at war from the perspective of children, it highlights the damage of war to people's...

    • By Kale 2023-07-25 18:36:10

      Have you seen it? It's a little blurry, there's no sense of the lens, but I think I should have seen...

    • By Hester 2023-05-19 21:25:41

      Claiming that the highest will of human rights tramples on the most basic human right to survive on a global scale. When the population of the earth reaches its peak and resources are exhausted, will human beings self-regulate or destroy each...

    • By Polly 2023-04-12 19:10:59

      That child is very real and always...

    Movie plot

    At the beginning of the 1980s, a 12-year civil war broke out in El Salvador, a small country in northern Central America. Government troops and guerrillas fought fiercely for years, people were displaced, and the country was dilapidated. An 11-year-old boy, Chava (Carlos Padilla), lives with his mother and sisters. His father has left his hometown and has not heard from him. Life at home was miserable, and death threatened them at any...
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    Production and distribution

    Year of release: 2004 
    Production company: Altavista Films[ the United Mexican States ]
    Lawrence Bender Productions [US]
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    Evaluation action

    The movie "Voces inocentes" (Innocent Voices), co-produced by the United States, the United Mexican States and The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, made a big splash at the Berlin Film Festival, winning the "Crystal Bear Award" for best picture, which is very close to the audience. The idea is exactly the same, because there is no other movie that can teach people to mix laughter and tears, sadness and joy like "Voces inocentes", which...
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    Movie quotes

    • [repeated line]

      Chava: I'm the man of the house.

    • Uncle Beto: Do you have a girlfriend?

      Chava: Just one.

      Uncle Beto: [laughing] Just one.

    • Priest: I assure you, when one lives in the grace of God, war does not exist.