Fireflies at El Mozote vs I Killed My Mother
Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for I Killed My Mother). Fireflies at El Mozote is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 36m. I Killed My Mother is the older of the two (2009 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Fireflies at El Mozote | I Killed My Mother | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2009 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Ernesto Melara | Xavier Dolan |
| Main cast | Jeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk | Suzanne Clément, Pierre Chagnon, François Arnaud, Xavier Dolan, Niels Schneider |
Synopsis
Fireflies at El Mozote
During the 1980s civil war in El Salvador, a rebel group of leftist guerrillas fight to expose its government's death squads via an underground radio network and hope to end their government's reign of terror with the help of an American journalist.
I Killed My Mother
Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood.
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