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7.3/10   970 votes
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Director:
John Duigan
Writer (WGA):
John Sacret Young (written by)
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Release Date:
25 August 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Plot:
The life and work of Archbishop Oscar Romero who opposed, at great personal risk, the tyrannical repression in El Salvador. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
Another scary movie about Central America.... more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Raul Julia ... Archbishop Oscar Romero
Richard Jordan ... Father Rutilio Grande
Ana Alicia ... Arista Zelada

Eddie Velez ... Lt. Columa
Alejandro Bracho ... Father Alfonzo Osuña
Tony Plana ... Father Manuel Morantes

Harold Gould ... Francisco Galedo
Lucy Reina ... Lucia

Al Ruscio ... Bishop Estrada

Tony Perez ... Father Rafael Villez
Robert Viharo ... Col. Ernesto Dorio
Harold Cannon ... Gen. Humberto
Claudio Brook ... Bishop Flores
Martin LaSalle ... Bishop Rivera y Damas
Eduardo López Rojas ... Bishop Cordova
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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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Quotes:
Archbishop Oscar Romero: I'd like to make an appeal in a special way to the men in the army. Brothers, each one of you is one of us. We are the same People. The farmers and peasants that you kill are your own brothers and sisters. When you hear the words of a man telling you to kill...
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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Another scary movie about Central America...., 15 March 1999
10/10
Author: John-304 from Midland, Ontario, Canada

This is another "sleeper" about totalitarian regimes in Central America. What is particularly fascinating about this one is that Romero, a non-political man, comes to the realizaton that there is no such thing as apolitical, apolitical ultimately being complicity, and recognizes his responsibility to take a stand for his people, despite pressure from Rome to refrain from doing so.

I remember hearing about the events in this movie on the radio, when they were actually taking place.

For me this reality is a major part of how I felt watching this movie. The movie is quite good, but I didn't enjoy it. I don't think one watches such movies for enjoyment. I give it a 10!

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