"Carla's Song"
1996
Directed by Ken Loach

A piercing, emotional film from director Ken Loach, marked by his continued commitment to dramatic realism and political consciousness. Robert Carlyle plays a Scottish bus driver who meets and falls in love with a troubled Nicaraguan refugee. He returns with her to her native country to find out what happened to her former lover, who was beaten and tortured by the Contras. Scott Glenn co-stars as a former CIA operative who reveals the dark truth about the U.S. backing of the rebels during Nicaragua's civil war.  127 minutes.