Action ·Drama ·History ·War · United States of America · 2025 · 1h 30m

Fireflies at El Mozote

Luciérnagas en El Mozote

Fireflies at El Mozote poster
Director
Ernesto Melara
Cast
Paz Vega as Alma Juan Pablo Shuk as Aurelio Yancey Arias as Colonel Montenegro Mena Suvari as Sarah Jeff Fahey as Randall Walker Mateo Honles as José Guevara
Crew
Ernesto Melara — Director of Photography Claudia Castello — Editor Mauricio Trabanino — Original Music Composer Ernesto Melara — Writer Moctesuma Esparza — Producer Elías Axume — Producer
Synopsis

During the 1980s civil war in El Salvador, a rebel group of leftist guerrillas fight to expose its government's death squads via an underground radio network and hope to end their government's reign of terror with the help of an American journalist.

Trailer Fireflies at El Mozote — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
guerrilla warfarejournalistdictatorrevolutioncivil rightsdictatorshipbased on true storyel salvadorcoming of agemilitary dictatorshiplatin american historyamerican journalist
Key Collaborators
Ernesto Melara Director Ernesto Melara Director of Photography Claudia Castello Editor Mauricio Trabanino Original Music Composer Ernesto Melara Writer Moctesuma Esparza Producer Elías Axume Producer Bob Yari Producer Roberto Ayala Production Design Isaac Castellanos Costume Design
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