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Set in 1987, Carla's Song tells the story of love in a time of war. The plot follows the relationship between a Scottish bus driver, George Lennox (Robert Carlyle) and Carla (Oyanka Cabezas), a Nicaraguan refugee living in Glasgow.
Jan 31, 1997 · Carla's Song: Directed by Ken Loach. With Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn, Salvador Espinoza. 1987, love in time of war. Bus driver George Lennox meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly-sad life in Glasgow.
In 1987 a Glasgow bus driver (Robert Carlyle) meets an emotionally scarred Nicaraguan dancer (Oyanka Cabezas) and helps her confront her traumatic past and the war continuing in her...
Once home, Carla's nightmarish memories take over, and Carla and George are thrown into the thick of the US war against the Sandinistas. A mystery develops over where Carla's boyfriend is,...
A Glasgow man (Robert Carlyle) visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee (Oyanka Cabezas) tormented by her memories.
Jun 26, 1998 · One day, a bus driver named George saves a woman who had not bought a ticket. This becomes the beginning of a friendship, which quickly turn into something more. The woman is named Carla and she comes from Equador, a war-torn country.
In Carla’s Song the social conscience of a scottish bus driver is activated when meeting a nicaraguan woman, realizes the senselessness of his own life and follows her to central America to help her fight against her traumata. a very overconstructed white saviour trope, Loach & Laverty being mostly in sync with their idealistic self here ...
