User reviews

And not to bad a histric drama good technical production,good acting,a bit nudity, after all its a brothel under siege. It is a bit tideous on playlength and the war and action lacks for those squemish, but a recommended dominican republic made film from tgom.

It is a movie that in its entirety we can consider it as good, however, the performances in many of the scenes lacked to convey the drama and intensity of the story. A very well structured script and direction, with the opportunity to stick even more to the real historical context.

Firstly it was not just the US, but Canada, Mexico, Brazil that participated in intervening in the 1965 Dominican civil war. For example Canadian troops were there from May 4, 1965 to October 22 1966, fighting the Cuban supplied and aligned communists. In fact the head of the Inter-American Peace Force (IAPF) sent to Dominican Republic was a Brazilian General. This intervention was about about separating two hyper violent warring sides, bot of which were killing civilians, by all historians accounts, the leftist killing the most.

US troops were barely involved in any of the fighting. There were 23 total US casualties, mostly from sniper fire while those troops were protecting civil institutions.

The violence was suppressed very quickly and US service personnel were a minority of the foreign troops there.

The movie was very promising at the beginning and it was very interesting until it touches the subject of the American invasion. From one moment to another the movie suffers a stagnation and we don't know what it is about and it loses everything that had been achieved at the beginning. Good performance by Lumy Lizardo and the guerrilla woman. Nashla's performance was not for her, she still lacks a lot as an actress for roles like the one in the movie.

I give this movie a 5.5 out of 10.

Great film by the young Dominican Director Jose Maria Cabral, with the same raw brutality he depicted in Carpinteros. Through the lens of the 1965 American invasion of the the Dominican Republic, Cabral hits on some classic themes including the brutality and arrogance of a dominant force over a weak nation, the legacy of sexual exploitation within families and society, the misplaced emotional bonds that keep people together. The film could have used more editing as it loses its focus at times and the plot becomes a bit murky. This seems due to Cabral's inability to let go of some of the side stories and characters, which, while interesting, distract from the story's arc.

Some of the characters are a bit cliché, including the general, who was reminiscent of Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore in "Apocalypse Now" (or is the cliché reality?). Nevertheless, as viewers we become invested in the film's characters and care what happens to them.

As a Dominican, I found the presentation of that historical moment, and how it affected these people who were already on the fringes of society, intriguing. Kudos to Cabral for depicting his unique Dominican point of view in film. Give us more!

Wrong Dominican story board. Poor quality of actors and storyline does not emulate to past history in the Dominican Republic. Woman on those times did not wear tattoos.

Standing ovation for the actress that performed Judith. The movie in general was good is worth the watch.

Tina Bazuca, Google her, she was real, along with other brave women from the Dominican Republic.

This is Extremely historically inaccurate, so much so as to be insanely absurd.

Hint No hotels we're destroyed in the Dominican republic. No American Colonels were killed. Total American casualties were 13 mostly from snipers.. no officers

In 65ish he Dominican republic devolved into lawless rando neighborhood gangs shooting it up. The 82nd airborne invaded then separated the multiple factions that included; a former military junta, 2 Commie "constitution" revolutions supported by Cuba, a militarized left of center, maybe more.

This movie's proceeds are financing Commie revolutionaries per the producer, director.

Extremely recommended, you will not regret it. In Spanish with such a good transtation. Love the plot and the.setting. Take us back to 1965 and how the world viewed America, a must watch refreshing film.

Unexpected treat from Dominican Republic... a historic drama of 1965, a year of civil war and US occupation during which many innocent lives were lost. Of course, nothing is changed and the US government still oppress all the democratically elected governments in the Latin America while trying to bully them into submission. But Dominicans fought and in that fighting there were unexpected heroes from the Hotel Coppelia, which was actually a brothel... real life drama, excellent acting, beautiful nude scenes, sadness and joy included equally in the inspiring screenplay, and directing which was uncompromising... impossible for me not to love it!

Dominican cinema is improving with every movie, specially José María's. This movie keep you up from the beginning to the end. Stress show up but in a profesional way. It is not a movie to watch 3 times but definitely 2 times :-).

La pelicula te transporta a los años 60 y te da una perspectiva nunca antes vista de los acontecimientos de la epoca. Que buen filme!

Good movie. Entertaining for short times. Sometimes lose the rhythm but it is easy to recover it. Good performances from Lumy Lizardo and Jazz Vila. It's a drama that touches on historical events in the Dominican Republic in 1965.

This film shows us the other perspective of the revolution fight. 8/10.

Excellent very well done. Bravo for the Dominican film industry. The story hits home. I remember my mother telling me about the 1965 war how it reach town far from Santo Domingo. I love The US and I have serve but we had some president who were horrible like Johnson, who lie just to get the US in this Internal conflict.