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Carla's Song is a 1996 film directed by Ken Loach and written by Paul Laverty, that deals with the impact of the Contra War in Nicaragua. It is a United Kingdom–Spain–Germany co-production.
Jan 31, 1997 · Carla's Song: Directed by Ken Loach. With Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn, Salvador Espinoza. 1987, love in time of war. Bus driver George Lennox meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly-sad life in Glasgow.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Ken Loach
- 1997-01-31
In 1987 a Glasgow bus driver (Robert Carlyle) meets an emotionally scarred Nicaraguan dancer (Oyanka Cabezas) and helps her confront her traumatic past and the war continuing in her...
- 2 min
- 41.5K
- Film4
A Glasgow man (Robert Carlyle) visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee (Oyanka Cabezas) tormented by her memories.
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- Drama
- Ken Loach
Carla's Song. 1987, love in time of war. Bus driver George Lennox meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly-sad life in Glasgow. Her back is scarred, her boyfriend missing, her family dispersed; she's suicidal.
In Ken Loach’s drama, Robert Carlyle stars as a Glaswegian who falls in love with a Nicaraguan woman living in exile. “Its portrait of an idealistic peasant-based army and its supporters standing up to a ruthless enemy is unabashedly nostalgic for the leftist dream the Sandinistas once represented.”. Stephen Holden, New York Times, 1998 ...
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Carla's Song | Film | The Guardian. Details: 1996, Rest of the world, Spain, UK, Cert 15, 127 mins. Direction: Ken Loach. Genre: Drama. Summary: Carlyle's Glaswegian bus driver falls for a...
