Carla's Song
Carla's Song

Movie·1996·2h 5m

Carla's Song

A dream called freedom. A nightmare called Nicaragua.

Directed By

Ken Loach

Country

Germany

Language

French

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The Story

A Glasgow man visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee tormented by her memories.

Written By

Paul Laverty

Producer

Sally Hibbin

Cinematography

Barry Ackroyd

Music

George Fenton

Editor

Jonathan Morris

Themes

civil warglasgow, scotlandsocially deprived familybus ridebus drivernicaraguasandinism1980s

Production House

Alta Films S.A.
The Glasgow Film Fund
Road Movies Dritte Produktionen
Parallax Pictures
Institute of Culture
Filmstiftung NRW

Audience Score

68%

93 votes

Skip10%
Timepass25%
Go for it38%
Perfection27%

Where to watch

Region: US

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Cast

Robert Carlyle

Robert Carlyle

George Lennox

Oyanka Cabezas

Oyanka Cabezas

Carla

Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn

Bradley

Louise Goodall

Louise Goodall

Maureen

Salvador Espinoza

Rafael

Margaret McAdam

George's Mother

Gary Lewis

Gary Lewis

Sammy

Subash Singh Pall

Victor

Stewart Preston

McGurk

Richard Loza

Antonio

Greg Friel

Keyboard Player

Anne Marie Timoney

Warden

Andy Townsley

Taxi Driver

Alicia Devine

Hospital Sister

John Paul Leach

Doctor

Norma Rivera

Norma

José Meneses

Harry

Rosa Amelia López

Carla's Mother

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Crew

Paul Laverty

Paul Laverty

Screenplay

Ken Loach

Ken Loach

Director

Barry Ackroyd

Barry Ackroyd

Director of Photography

George Fenton

Original Music Composer

Jonathan Morris

Editor

Sally Hibbin

Sally Hibbin

Producer

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