A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him
Mexico Mexico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico United States of America
Carlos Padilla Xuna Primus Leonor Varela José María Yázpik Gustavo Muñoz Ofelia Medina Daniel Giménez Cacho Jesús Ochoa Jorge Angel Toriello Adrian Alonso Andrés Márquez Alejandro Felipe Ana Paulina Caceres Paulina Gaitán Alan Chávez Gustavo Sánchez Parra Héctor Jiménez Guillermo Ríos Lourdes Villareal Ania Yarasech Prisiliana Hernández Aurelio Perea Morales
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