Latino | |
Director: | Haskell Wexler |
Music: | Diane Louie |
Cinematography: | Newton Thomas Sigel |
Editing: | Robert Dalva |
Distributor: | Cinecom Pictures |
Runtime: | 105 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English Spanish |
Latino is a 1985 American war film directed by Haskell Wexler. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Set in the context of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and their battle with the U.S.-backed Contra rebels in 1979, Mexican-American Vietnam vet Eddie Guerrero (Robert Beltran) was sent to help U.S. Special Forces train Contra rebels. Eddie falls for a local girl, Marlena (Annette Charles). However, when her father is killed by the Contras, things change.