Fireflies at El Mozote vs The Motive
Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for The Motive). Fireflies at El Mozote is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 44m. The Motive is the older of the two (2017 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Fireflies at El Mozote
The Motive| Fireflies at El Mozote | The Motive | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 44m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | Mexico |
| Director | Ernesto Melara | Manuel Martín Cuenca |
| Main cast | Jeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk | Adriana Paz, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Javier Gutiérrez, Antonio de la Torre, Adelfa Calvo |
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 Motive
Álvaro, a man obsessed with the idea of writing what he brands as “high literature,” manipulates the lives and feelings of the people around him to write about the consequences caused by his devious acts.
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