A Costa-Gavras topic, taken up by the Australian filmmaker John Duigan: the political education, activation, and eventual assassination of a book-wormish priest appointed Archbishop of El Salvador ("a good compromise choice, he'll make no waves"). Highly professional work, steady and conscientious, a little low perhaps on passion and energy, and with gratingly inauthentic-sounding talk -- explanatory, summarizing, formulaic ("I can't help you, Father." "You can't or you won't?"). Written by John Sacret Young; with Raul Julia, Richard Jordan, Eddie Velez. (1989) — Duncan Shepherd
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