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America, land of the free, has an uncanny habit of picking the wrong side in Latin America. Romero was shot to death while celebrating mass. He was, at the time, not only the spiritual leader of El Salvador's Catholics but one of the most outspoken critics of the government - a government portrayed in this film as little more than a holding ...
The plot centers on the last three years of Archbishop Romero’s life, where the assassination of the protagonist brings a dramatic end to a story steeped in pain, death and injustice. However, this is not only a film about tragedy and martyrdom, but also about courage, faith and transformation. Romero (1989) Trailer - John Duigan, Raul Julia.
Romero. (film) Romero is a 1989 biographical film depicting the story of Salvadoran archbishop Óscar Romero, who organized peaceful protests against the violent military regime, eventually at the cost of his own life. [3] The film stars Raúl Juliá as Oscar Romero, Richard Jordan as Romero's close friend and fellow martyred priest, Rutilio ...
Archbishop Romero's protests against governments' actions is perceived as disloyalty. As an example to others, the government begins to destroy churches and murder priests. Despite persecution, Romero continues to speak out against the atrocities the government is committing against the people of El Salvador, until his untimely death. —me
Aug 25, 1989 · Romero: Directed by John Duigan. With Raul Julia, Richard Jordan, Ana Alicia, Eddie Velez. The life and work of Archbishop Oscar Romero who opposed, at great personal risk, the tyrannical repression in El Salvador.
- (2.5K)
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- John Duigan
- 1989-08-25
Romero was the first theatrical film produced by Paulist Pictures. Father Ellwood Kieser described the film as the drama of "a mouse of a man who became a tiger struggling for justice and defending the rights of his people. He knew his defiance of the military and denunciation of the oligarchy would cost him his life. Yet he chose to go ahead.
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The first feature film from the Paulist Fathers’ moviemaking division, John Duigan’s Romero tells the true story of Latin America’s best-known and most revered modern martyr, Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Goldamez, a man whom John Paul II described as a "zealous pastor who gave his life for his flock," and at whose tomb in San Salvador Pope John Paul II has prayed when visiting El Salvador.
