Movie Review Romero
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Movie Review: Romero
During the late 70's in El Salvador, the very few wealthy rule the many impoverished peasants. To maintain this, the military regime brutalizes the peasant population and those they believe to be rebels. Assassinations, executions, and disappearances are very common during this time. Romero is an excellent drama that depicts the final years in the life of a Salvadorian bishop who becomes Archbishop. It entangles the viewer in its heart breaking scenes of the struggle for human rights against a brutal military regime. Perhaps the most dramatic scene in this movie takes place when the Archbishop is imprisoned where he can hear a fellow priest being tortured.
Romero is a 1984 film, directed by John Duigan, which chronicles Archbishop Oscar Romero's struggle with himself, his fellow priests, and a merciless military. The film is an excellent documentary of life in El Salvador during the late 1970s. Raul Julia stars as Oscar Romero in such a way that it is hard to imagine anybody else better for the role. He portrays Romero as he witnesses shocking events, including the assassination of a colleague (Richard Jordan), the torturous murder of another priest (Alejandro Bracho), and the killing of a young woman leader (Lucia Reina)...