Recommended by BRIDGE S.A. Rating: Must Watch.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #42162 in DVD
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: NTSC, Dolby, Subtitled, Import, Widescreen
• Subtitled in: English, Portuguese, Spanish
• Running time: 110 minutes

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Customer Reviews

A must see
The movie is based on a true story, sometimes movies are made like this one, and is it part of our own life....many of us (Salvadorean kids)had to experience this.
Under age Salvadorean kids are forced to join the army; so they have to hide from the soldiers, in this case a kid have to be the man of the house after his father leaves the family and moves to the USA to help his family, he is told that the army is trained by the US forces and his uncle is a "guerrillero" the movie is about his survival in a small town where the daily attacks by the army takes place.

Brought my parents to tears
I was born here in the U.S. and all my life I grew up listening to stories about war and so on. I never imagined the atrocities my parents and grandparents had to go through. This movie brought me to tears as my dad remembers hiding down the well, so the guerilla warriors wouldnt find him. My mothers tells of not sleeping because she was afraid the guerilla or guardia civil (u.s. backed military) would break in and rape all her 5 sisters, mother and grandmother. I couldnt visualize in my mind how bad it was until I saw this movie. I recommend it to those who have salvadorean roots or just to the general public. It is important to see the atrocities the U.S. government did and still to this day does in other countries.

Best Film of 2005 - Another "Shindler's List"
"Innocent Voices" is one of those films that simply blows you away with its incredibly moving story, great acting, directing, and cinematography. I had the privilege of seeing this film at Talk Cinema, where you see films in theaters on Saturday or Sunday morning weeks or months before they are released -- so there are no reviews to hinder your pure enjoyment of the film. We walk into the movie theater with no idea what we're going to see that morning. The 400 film fans in the theater that sunny September 2005 morning had no idea what to expect from this "Innocent Voices" film which, sadly, got virtually no theatrical distribution in Chicagoland.

I'll not repeat the summary of the film that others have posted here. It's the film's impact that reflects so well on the power of this medium.

After the closing credits ran, there was total silence in the auditorium, broken only by the soft sound of sobbing all around. And then you realized you were among those in tears. I haven't seen such a reaction to a film since "Shindler's List." It is hard to describe the emotional impact of this often funny, but ultimately very moving semi-autobiographical film. It's a shame you can't see in the theaters any more, but I strongly recommend seeing "Innocent Voices" on DVD with a loved one with whom you can share a healthy cry at the end. You will be changed.