Fireflies at El Mozote vs The Hatbox
The Hatbox is the shorter watch at 4m compared with 1h 30m. The Hatbox is the older of the two (1985 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Fireflies at El Mozote
The Hatbox| Fireflies at El Mozote | The Hatbox | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 0.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1985 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 4m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Ernesto Melara | Greg Mottola |
| Main cast | Jeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk | Karen Frank |
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 Hatbox
This short silent film—the first movie directed by THE DAYTRIPPERS filmmaker Greg Mottola, who also shot and edited it—was made during Mottola’s brief stint at Pittsburgh Filmmakers in 1985.
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