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'The Violin': Guns and Musicnew

For a movie that clearly sides with the rebel forces, The Violin does an admirable job of extending an olive branch to the occupying army. Not all of them are vicious murderers.
Isthmus  |  Kent Williams  |  03-24-2008  |  Reviews

El Violin Plays a Song That Hurts to Hearnew

It is unsurprising how seamlessly writer/director Francisco Vargas’ filmic language in El Violin melds a 1970s tale of peasant rebellion with intimations toward the country’s entire history of oppression, struggle and survival.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff  |  02-07-2008  |  Reviews

'The Violin': Angels With Dirty Facesnew

Folksy lyricism makes Francisco Vargas's film a quiet beauty.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Max Goldberg  |  01-09-2008  |  Reviews

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