Set in 1980's El Salvador, where a boy's twelfth birthday enlists him automatically in the army, Kella struggles to protect her family in the middle of a civil war. Kella's son, Chava, spends his 11th year chasing a first love, shielding siblings from bullets, testing his mother, and taking on the role of his absent father.
Also Known As:
Cardboard Houses
Voces inocentes
Production Status:
Released
Logline:
Set in war-torn El Salvador in the mid-1980s, an eleven-year-old boy must decide between joining the army or fighting alongside the guerrillas.
Genres:
Art/Foreign, Drama, Miscellaneous and War
Running Time:
2 hrs.
Release Date:
October 14th, 2005 (NY/LA)
MPAA Rating:
R for disturbing violence and some language.
Distributors:
BB Entertainment
Production Co.:
A Band Apart Productions, Altavista Films, Corona Films, Mandolin Entertainment