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Carla's Song

Carla's Song

A dream called freedom. A nightmare called Nicaragua.

19966.82h 5m

Overview

A Glasgow man visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee tormented by her memories.

Directed by Ken Loach
Written by Paul Laverty
Produced by Sally Hibbin
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Top Cast

Robert Carlyle

Robert Carlyle

George Lennox

Oyanka Cabezas

Oyanka Cabezas

Carla

Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn

Bradley

Louise Goodall

Louise Goodall

Maureen

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Salvador Espinoza

Rafael

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Margaret McAdam

George's Mother

Gary Lewis

Gary Lewis

Sammy

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Subash Singh Pall

Victor

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Stewart Preston

McGurk

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Richard Loza

Antonio

Themes & Keywords

civil warglasgow, scotlandsocially deprived familybus ridebus drivernicaraguasandinism1980s

About Carla's Song

Carla's Song is a war, drama, romance film released in 1996 exploring themes of civil war, glasgow, scotland, socially deprived family, bus ride, bus driver, nicaragua. Directed by Ken Loach, it stars Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn. A Glasgow man visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee tormented by her memories.

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