Product Details

• Actors: Daniel Jiménez Cacho, Ofelia Medina, Guillermo Rios, Victor (Kino) Gonzalez, Jésus Ochoa
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: Spanish
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: LIGHTYEAR VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: April 8, 2008
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000WC38IC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,078 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #36 in Movies & TV > DVD > Foreign Films
  • #99 in Movies & TV > DVD > Military & War
• For more information about "Innocent Voices" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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INNOCENT VOICES - DVD Movie

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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Film of 2005 - Another "Schindler's List", February 7, 2007

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Dan Lauber "Dan" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Innocent Voices (Voces Inocentes) [NTSC/REGION 1 & 4. IMPORT-LATIN AMERICA] (DVD)

"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 "Schindler'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.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars modern child sacrifice, November 13, 2008

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Daniel B. Clendenin (www.journeywithjesus.net) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Innocent Voices (DVD)

"We here are all scared of turning twelve," explains Chava, "because that's when the army takes you. I have one year left." Innocent Voices takes place in El Salvador's civil war that raged from 1980-1992, but it could have been set in any of the dozens of countries around the world where governments and "liberation" armies recruit child soldiers. In El Salvador, the authoritarian government, with a billion dollars of aid and training from the United States ("They're training our soldiers to kill us."), forcibly conscripted young boys to fight its civil war against the FMLN. Since his father left for the US, eleven-year-old Chava is the "man of the house." The film revolves around the plight of his extended family. Chava follows his Uncle Beto and sides with the rebels, but his mother Kella observes that they, too, conscript their kids. Innocent Voices reinforces the truth that in all modern wars, the biggest losers by far are innocent civilians. Co-writer Oscar Orlando Torres based this award-winning film on his own memoirs. In Spanish, with English sub-titles.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must see, December 3, 2006

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Milton Lopez (Winnetka, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Innocent Voices (Voces Inocentes) [NTSC/REGION 1 & 4. IMPORT-LATIN AMERICA] (DVD)

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.