Fireflies at El Mozote vs The Felling of the Forest
Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for The Felling of the Forest). The Felling of the Forest is the shorter watch at 56m compared with 1h 30m. The Felling of the Forest is the older of the two (1963 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Fireflies at El Mozote
The Felling of the Forest| Fireflies at El Mozote | The Felling of the Forest | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1963 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 56m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Ernesto Melara | Vittorio Cottafavi |
| Main cast | Jeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk | Gian Maria Volonté |
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.
The Felling of the Forest
In the forested slopes surrounding the rural Tuscan village of Tirli, a group of lumberjacks work long hours felling trees in the hopes of making an ample profit. Amongst them, a recently widowed father struggles to overcome the pain of his wife’s death, whilst juggling the fresh financial pressures of raising two motherless children.
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