Carla's Song

Year: 1996

Country: UK, Spain, Germany

Tagline: A dream called freedom. A nightmare called Nicaragua.

Plot: 1987, love in time of war. A 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. George takes her to Nicaragua to find out what has happened to them and to help her face her past. Once home, Carla's nightmarish memories take over, and Carla and George are thrown into the thick of the US war against the Sandinistas. A mystery develops over where Carla's boyfriend is, and the key to his whereabouts may be Carla's friend Bradley, a bitter American aid worker. She finds her family, the Contras attack, and she and the Scot face their choices.In 1987 during the time of war, bus driver George Lennox encounters an exile named Carla and is soon impressive by her sad life: her back is scarred, her family dispersed, her lover missing, and she is about to suicide. While trying to help the hapless women, George gradually grow a feeling to her.

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