Academy Award-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler waited 16 years after his critically acclaimed MEDIUM COOL to return to feature film directing with LATINO, another political picture, this time about the US sponsorship of the contra war against the Sandinista government of Nicaragua.
Eddie (Robert Beltran) and Ruben (Tony Plana) are Hispanic US Army officers (Vietnam veterans) working with the contras in Honduras. While there, Eddie falls for Marlena (Annette Cardona), a Nicaraguan expatriate who eventually becomes a convert to the Sandinista cause after returning to her
homeland. Eddie's relationship with Marlena, and his experiences with both the contras and ...
Released:
1985
Rated:
NR
Length:
105 mins