2009 Sydney Latin American Film Festival

Surviving Guazapa

Sobreviviendo Guazapa

The first Salvadoran-made feature film about the civil war.

Roberto Davila, 2008, 2009, Feature, El Salvador, 113min, Spanish with English subtitles

Opposing forces, a government soldier and a guerrilla are trapped together in the heavily-bombed area around the Guazapa volcano. After a hostile meeting, an unlikely friendship develops between the two. When they come across a lost girl in the jungle, they decide to take her back to her family, and the odd trio find themselves having to look out for each other.

 

Award Laurel

Awards won by
"Surviving Guazapa"

  • Toronto Hispanic Film Festival, Special Prize