Fireflies at El Mozote

Dec 11, 2025

1h 30m

★ 10.0

Overview

During the 1980s civil war in El Salvador, a rebel group of leftist guerrillas fight to expose its government's death squads via an underground radio network and hope to end their government's reign of terror with the help of an American journalist.

Genres

Action

Drama

History

War

Production Companies

Premiere Entertainment Group

Magenta Light Studios

Yari Film Group

Fireflies at El Mozote Trailers

Cast

Alma

Paz Vega

Aurelio

Juan Pablo Shuk

Colonel Montenegro

Yancey Arias

Sarah

Mena Suvari

Randall Walker

Jeff Fahey

José Guevara

Mateo Honles

Morales

Ermis Cruz

Sebastián

Alexis Martínez

Maravilla

Rodrigo Trigueros

Eduardo

Carlos Aylagas

Mauricio

Jesús Vanegas

Rafael

Teda Bertrand

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