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Men With Guns
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Synopsis
A powerful political allegory set in an unnamed Latin American country, Men With Guns concerns Dr. Fuentes (Federico Luppi), an elderly physician long involved with a group that trains young people to provide health care for the poverty-stricken citizens of the outlying hill country, where small agricultural communities struggle to survive under primitive living conditions. The doctor has heard rumors that many of his former students are lost and feared dead, so he goes into the hills to investigate. The deeper he digs into the jungle, the more Fuentes finds that the people are menaced by "men with guns'" -- military forces who use torture and execution to intimidate the people, and guerillas from opposition groups whose agenda is only marginally more benign. Accumulating several travelling companions -- a defrocked priest, a deserter from the Army, a boy who survives by stealing, and a woman who has turned mute since she was raped -- Fuentes finds that his journey becomes more revealing but also more perilous the deeper he ventures into the hills. American writer and director John Sayles filmed most of Men With Guns in Spanish (an language he speaks fluently), as well as several indigenous dialects; he claims to have based most of the film's incidents on actual events that have occurred in a number of different Third World nations. Mandy Patinkin has a brief role as an American tourist Fuentes encounters in his travels. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

Kathryn Grody Harriet
Federico Luppi Dr. Fuentes
Mandy Patinkin Andrew
Damián Alcázar Padre Portillo, the priest
Tania Cruz Graciela, the mute girl
Rafael De Quevedo General
Damian Delgado Domingo, the soldier
Dan Rivera Gonzalez Conejo, the boy
Iguandili Lopez Mother
Nandi Luna Ramirez Daughter
Roverto Sosa Bravo

Production Crew

Salvador Parra Art Director
Doug Sayles Associate Producer
Eric Robison Associate Producer
Jim De Nardo Associate Producer
Peter Gilbert Associate Producer
Lizzie Curry Martinez Casting
Slawomir Idziak Cinematographer
Bertha Navarro Co-producer
Mason K. Daring Composer (Music Score)
Mayes C. Rubeco Costume Designer
John Sayles Director
John Sayles Editor
Jody Patton Executive Producer
John Sloss Executive Producer
Lou Gonda Executive Producer
Manuel Hinojosa First Assistant Director
Maggie Renzi Producer
R. Paul Miller Producer
Felipe Fernandez del Paso Production Designer
John Sayles Screenwriter
Miguel A. Alvarez Set Designer
Judy Karp Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1997
Runtime: 128
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
for language and some violent images
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Sound
Dolby

Produced by
Clear Blue Sky Films
Lexington Road Productions
Sony Pictures Classics

Awards
1998 - Best Foreign Film - National Board of Review