Carla's Song
1996 · Movie · 125 min · ★ 6.8 · 81% critics
A kindhearted man from Glasgow grows close to a refugee haunted by painful memories. When he travels with her to war-torn Nicaragua, a personal love story opens into a moving journey through trauma, loyalty, and the human cost of conflict.
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Details
- Years
- 1996
- Release date
- 1996-10-30
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (95 votes)
About
You may like this if you want an intimate romance set against political turmoil, in the vein of Land and Freedom or Under Fire; Not for you if you want something light, polished, or easygoing.
Pros: deeply felt romance; strong central performances; honest emotional pull | Cons: bleak wartime backdrop; rough around edges; not for everyone
Themes
- civil war
- glasgow, scotland
- socially deprived family
- bus ride
- bus driver
- nicaragua
- sandinism
- 1980s
Awards & recognition
- London Film Critics Circle Award — British Actor of the Year · 1998
- London Film Critics Circle Award — British Actor of the Year · 1998 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best British Film · 1997 · nominated
- Golden Lion · 1996 · nominated
Cast & crew
Robert Carlyle
as George Lennox
Oyanka Cabezas
as Carla
Scott Glenn
as Bradley
Louise Goodall
as Maureen
- SE
Salvador Espinoza
as Rafael
- MM
Margaret McAdam
as George's Mother
Gary Lewis
as Sammy
- SP
Subash Singh Pall
as Victor
- SP
Stewart Preston
as McGurk
- RL
Richard Loza
as Antonio
Directed by Ken Loach