Fireflies at El Mozote vs The Second Mother
Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8/10 for The Second Mother). Fireflies at El Mozote is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 52m. The Second Mother is the older of the two (2015 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Fireflies at El Mozote
The Second Mother| Fireflies at El Mozote | The Second Mother | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2015 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 52m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Ernesto Melara | Anna Muylaert |
| Main cast | Jeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk | Luis Miranda, Karine Teles, Regina Casé, Camila Márdila, Lourenço Mutarelli |
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 Second Mother
After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised Jessica herself. As Fabinho’s university entrance exams approach, Jessica reappears in her life and seems to want to give her mother a second chance. However, Jessica has not been raised to be a servant…
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