Carla's Song
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Carla's Song (1996) is a British movie directed by Ken Loach with screenplay by Paul Laverty.
| Carla's Song | |
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| Directed by | Ken Loach |
| Produced by | Sally Hibbin |
| Written by | Paul Laverty |
| Starring | Robert Carlyle |
| Music by | George Fenton |
| Cinematography | Barry Ackroyd |
| Editing by | Jonathan Morris |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 31 January 1997 (UK) |
| Running time | 106 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Set in 1987, it tells the story of the relationship between a Scottish bus driver, George Lennox (Robert Carlyle) and Carla (Oyanka Cabezas), a Nicaraguan woman living in exile in Glasgow. Searching for her past (her family and boyfriend), Carla returns to war-torn Nicaragua with George, into the thick of the U.S. sponsored Contra insurgency against the Sandinistas.
[edit] Cast
- Robert Carlyle - George Lennox
- Oyanka Cabezas - Carla
- Scott Glenn - Bradley
- Salvador Espinoza - Rafael
- Louise Goodall - Maureen
- Richard Loza - Antonio
[edit] External links
- Carla's Song at the Internet Movie Database
- "We Must Not Move On" (Paul Laverty for The Guardian, April 13, 2005)
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