It follows the actual story and testimony of Lucía : Juana Acosta , the only witness in the crime of the Jesuits in El Salvador. She was a cleaner at UCA of Jesuits where teach as teachers Ignacio Ellacuria : Kara Elejalde , Padre Nachito : Ernest Collado and others . And some of them , followers of the "Teología de la Liberacion" doctrine . Then Lucía is occassional witness of the events happened in November 16, 1989 during Salvador Civil War . In San Salvador took place the murder of various Jesuit priests . Subsequently , the Salvador Goverment blames of the hideous massacre to the rebel guerrilla called FMLN (Frente Farabundo Marti para Liberación Nacional).
This is a political thriller in Costa-Gavras style with suspense , emotion , thriller but extremely talking . As the film relies heavily on long interrogations in which two protagonists : Juana Acosta , Juan Carlos Martínez are deeply questioned and even using violence , at times. As the film depeloping results to be slow-pace with it ups and downs , as well as a boring narration . The picture benefits itself of a nice main and support cast that are frankly good . Here stands out Juana Acosta giving a terrific acting as an unfortune cleaner of Christian belief , as she shows sensibility , tendernes and decision. Juana is well accompanied by a good cast , such as : Juan Carlos Martínez as her husband Jorge , Kara Elejalde as Padre Ignacio Ellacuria , Carmelo Gómez as are José Maria , Ben Temple as Padre Paul, Angel Bonanni , Ernesto Collado, Gerard Fillmore and brief appearance by Tony Corvillo .
The motion picture was professionally by Imanol Uribe , though tedious and tiring , at times . Uribe Born in Salvador , though lives in Basque Country and Madrid . Imanol gained fame early in his long career for his controversial socio-political portraits of the Basque people as Fuga de Segovia , Muerte de Mikel . Then, he turned to thriller as Adiós Pequeña , Running out of time , Plenilunio , Carta Esférica, and drama as Bwana , Rey Pasmado , Orange Honey , among others. Rating : 6.5/10. Acceptable and passable .
