The Metal Stork
(La cigüeña metálica)
Joan López Lloret | Documentary
2012 | 80 minutes | Spain, El Salvador
During El Salvador’s civil war, rural kids Ana Lilian, Ricardo, and Blanca witnessed the murder of their families and grieved as a military helicopter determined their fate. Now, they try to reconnect with their long-lost families, hoping to reconcile their pasts and bring peace to the present.
Synopsis
Twenty years have passed since the signing of the Peace Accords that ended the civil war in El Salvador (1980-92), a conflict in which the army and the FMLN´s guerrillas confronted each other. The operations of the armed forces in rural areas had devastating consequences for the civil population, with thousands people dead or missing.
In the middle of the war, rural kids Ana Lilian, Ricardo and Blanca witnessed the murder of their families and grieved as the “metal stork" (the military helicopter) determined their fate. A military family adopted Ricardo, Ana Lilian wandered alone before moving from foster home to foster home, and Blanca was sent to Spain with an adoptive family. They were children who disappeared in the 1980s but now, with children of their own, they try to reconnect with their long-lost families, hoping to reconcile their pasts and bring peace to the present.
Reviews
"...Powerful documentary..." — AFI Silver Theatre
Citation
Main credits
López Lloret, Joan (film director)
López Lloret, Joan (screenwriter)
Van Dalen, Ana Paola (screenwriter)
Other credits
Cinematography, Joan Lopez Lloret; editor, Meri Collazos ; music, Trébol Rojo.
Citation
Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Central America
Fascism + Repression
History
Human Rights
International Relations
Latin American Studies
Migration Studies
Political Science
Youth
Keywords
Clips
Festivals
AFI – Latin American Film Festival
San Francisco Latino Film Festival
Guadalajara International Film Festival
Havana Film Festival
TRT Documentary Awards
EDOC Festival Ecuador
DIRECTOR: Joan López Lloret
NATIONALITY: Spain, El Salvador
YEAR: 2012
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adults
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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