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Carla's Song

A dream called freedom. A nightmare called Nicaragua.

6.8(99)19962h 5m2

1987, love in time of war: bus driver George 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's happened to them and help her face her past.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$25.8K
Language
French
  • civil war
  • glasgow, scotland
  • socially deprived family
  • bus ride
  • bus driver
  • nicaragua
  • sandinism
  • 1980s

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Behind the camera

Director

Ken Loach

Produced in

Germany, Spain, United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical26 Jun 1998
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical31 Jan 1997
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical30 Oct 1996
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical1831 Oct 1998

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Carla's Song was released on 30 October 1996.

Audience reviews

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    Kenneth Axel Carlsson

    12/28/2014

    7.5/10

    One day, a bus driver named George saves a woman who had not bought a ticket. This becomes the beginning of a friendship, which quickly turn into something more. The woman is named Carla and she comes from Equador, a war-torn country. She is deeply traumatized, but George helps her to recover, and even takes her back to Equador, to find the people she left behind, especially her old lover, Antonio. George is playe…

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