Carla's Song

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Carla's Song (1996) is a British movie directed by Ken Loach with screenplay by Paul Laverty.

Set in 1987, it tells the story of the relationship between a Scottish bus driver, George Lennox (Robert Carlyle) and Carla (Oyanka Cabezas), a Nicaraguan woman living in exile in Glasgow. Searching for her past - her family and boyfriend -, Carla returns to war-torn Nicaragua with George, into the thick of the U.S. sponsored Contra war against the Sandinistas.

[edit] Cast

• Robert Carlyle - George Lennox
• Oyanka Cabezas - Carla
• Scott Glenn - Bradley

[edit] External links

• Carla's Song at the Internet Movie Database
• "We Must Not Move On" (Paul Laverty for The Guardian, April 13, 2005)

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