Fireflies at El Mozote vs On the Water Surface
Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.5/10 for On the Water Surface). On the Water Surface is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 30m. On the Water Surface is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Fireflies at El Mozote
On the Water Surface| Fireflies at El Mozote | On the Water Surface | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 29m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Ernesto Melara | Zeynep Köprülü |
| Main cast | Jeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk | Cemre Ebüzziya, Nazan Kesal, Şencan Güleryüz, Yasemin Szawlowski, Aytek Şayan |
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.
On the Water Surface
Deniz returns to her hometown to attend her widowed mother's wedding. The anger, fear, and guilt she thought she'd left behind, resurface during the visit. As her mother leaves her the family house, a tragedy haunts her. She can't stop thinking about her father drowning at sea. Moreover, she feels her mother blames her and has abandoned her for it. She realizes she won't be able to move on like her mother unless she faces her problems head-on…
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