Drama
The life of a simple piñata salesman named Don Cleo is turned upside down when he falls victim to an extortionist he can’t possibly afford to pay. The harder he tries to raise the funds, the deeper into trouble he gets. If Don Cleo hopes to survive, he’ll have to face his fears and stand up to his tormentors.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Fireflies at El Mozote
The Last Thing He Wanted
Saturday Fuego Diablo
Salvador
Innocent Voices
I would Like to become Art
Remember Us
A Fish Out of Water
Today
Vientre Vacio
The City of Sirens
Buscadores
The Tiniest Place
Borderlands
The Confession
One, the Story of a Goal
The Crazy Life
Maria's Story
Be A Patriot, Kill A Priest
La luz que te decía
SIMILAR MOVIES
Fireflies at El Mozote
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2025
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.The Last Thing He Wanted
IMDB 4.9 | Feb , 2020
At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.Saturday Fuego Diablo
IMDB 2 | Oct , 2022
In 1981 Montreal, four Salvadoran siblings, new to Canada, seek distance from the uprisings occurring in their home country by hitting a night club, but it does not go as planned.Salvador
IMDB 7.1 | Apr , 1986
In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.Innocent Voices
IMDB 8.2 | Jan , 2005
A young boy, attempting to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life when he desperately tries to avoid the war that is raging all around him.I would Like to become Art
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2023
A monologue about the meaning of being art, delivered by the last character you’d expect: a pair of pants. A short film by Ponchi Simán.Remember Us
IMDB 7 | May , 2024
A journalist documents the experiences of three different people who lived through the tragic Salvadoran civil war of the 1980s, which lasted twelve years.A Fish Out of Water
IMDB 5.7 | Oct , 1969
Olivia is a disturbed woman who shows some signs of amnesia and madness. Accompanied only by Esther, she fantasizes that some day her beloved Julio will return, but he only writes her letters. Esther, however, keeps a terrible secret from her.Today
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2020
In the capital of El Salvador, the drivers of a bus, a taxi, a minibus and a private car confront the ravages of 12 years of civil war that continue to torment the country.Vientre Vacio
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2026
The City of Sirens
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2024
Diana develops a deep interest in the sound of the sirens that roam her city every night, until she starts to talk to them in her dreams.Buscadores
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2021
Two friends decide to spend the last vacation together, before parting their ways forever in a journey they never will forget.The Tiniest Place
IMDB 8.1 | Jun , 2011
Years after the Salvadoran military destroyed the village of Cinquera in that country’s civil war, survivors have returned to rebuild their community. Soulful, beautifully rendered, this amazing debut is an evocative testament to place, memory and the power of life to rebound from tragedy.Borderlands
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2023
Fleeing the 1980 Civil War in El Salvador, Dora Rodriguez, among a group of twenty-five asylum seekers, were abandoned by their guide and left to fend for themselves in the relentless Sonoran desert of Arizona.The Confession
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2025
A catholic priest in Monte Bello, El Salvador has created a clandestine operating room inside the church to extract the human organs of kidnapped people and sell them on the black market.One, the Story of a Goal
IMDB 7 | Mar , 2010
In the early 1980s, at the beginning of what would become a 12-year-long civil war, El Salvador's talented football team was one national institution upon which both the left and the right could agree. When the team pulled off a stunning 1-0 upset against Mexico and qualified to compete in the 1982 World Cup, it was a high point for the tiny country's national pride. Unfortunately, the team's Cinderella story devolved into a nightmarish farce.The Crazy Life
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2008
A documentary about the rival gangs Mara 18 and Mara Salvatrucha, originating in Los Angeles but terrorizing El Salvador. It explores their origins as possible founding myths of organized crime in a globalized world.Maria's Story
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1991
It is El Salvador, 1989, three years before the end of a brutal civil war that took 75,000 lives. Maria Serrano, wife, mother, and guerrilla leader is on the front lines of the battle for her people and her country. With unprecedented access to FMLN guerrilla camps, the filmmakers dramatically chronicle Maria's daily life in the war.Be A Patriot, Kill A Priest
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2001
The war in El Salvador was the most cruel and bloody Latin America has ever seen. During that time of turmoil Latin American bishops created the famous preferential option for the poor, demanding justice, food and education in the name of the gospel. Using interviews and old footage, the film follows the civil war and the role of the Church in it. In 1977, after the murder of Father Rutilio Grande, the Archbishop Oscar Romero took a strong anti government position, broadcasting sermons over Radio Luz demanding that the government stop the repression. He could not understand why he was thought to be a follower of Karl Marx, when he knew "he followed only Jesus Christ." An inspiring film about people of faith who stood up against injustice.La luz que te decía
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1986
Filmed during the Salvadoran civil war, La luz que te decía documents the struggles of the country’s labor and trade union movement amid escalating political violence. Through strike footage, congress meetings, marches, and first-person testimonies, the film portrays a society marked by state repression, workers’ mobilization, and efforts to build national and international solidarity. The documentary pays particular attention to the strike of the National Water Authority workers (ANDA), featuring members of the SETA union who describe the causes of the protest, the repression they faced, and the survival strategies adopted during the conflict. Testimonies from other unions, grassroots organizations, and international labor groups broaden the film’s perspective beyond a single labor dispute.