剧情：Duringthe1977ElSalvadoranpresidentialelection,publicunrestisatanall-timehighoverfearsofelectionfraud.InthemidstofaMarxist-LeninistguerrillainsurgencybytheFarabundoMartíNationalLiberationFront,theanti-communistmilitarydictatorshipusesdeathsquadstoabduct,tortureand"disappear"anyonewhospeaksabouttheirterriblehumanrightsrecord.... (展开全部) Duringthe1977ElSalvadoranpresidentialelection,publicunrestisatanall-timehighoverfearsofelectionfraud.InthemidstofaMarxist-LeninistguerrillainsurgencybytheFarabundoMartíNationalLiberationFront,theanti-communistmilitarydictatorshipusesdeathsquadstoabduct,tortureand"disappear"anyonewhospeaksabouttheirterriblehumanrightsrecord.... Duringthe1977ElSalvadoranpresidentialelection,publicunrestisatanall-timehighoverfearsofelectionfraud.InthemidstofaMarxist-LeninistguerrillainsurgencybytheFarabundoMartíNationalLiberationFront,theanti-communistmilitarydictatorshipusesdeathsquadstoabduct,tortureand"disappear"anyonewhospeaksabouttheirterriblehumanrightsrecord.Themilitaryalsopreventsaveragevotersfromgettingtothepolls;soldiersareshownblockingabusbringingpeopletotownonelectionday.Whenthepeopledecidetowalk,themilitaryshootsuptheirvanssothattheyhavenotransportationforthereturnjourney. TheVaticanelevatestheologicallyconservativeOscarArnulfoRomero(RaulJulia)tothepositionofArchbishopofSanSalvador,hopingthatwithhewillnotgetinvolvedinpolitics.Althoughapolitical,Romeroisafraidofthegovernment'sincreasinghostility.Heinitiallyrefrainsfromstirringanti-governmentsentiments,but,ashespendsmoretimeasarchbishop,heseesevidenceofdeception,oppression,andsystemicmurder,afterwhichhecannotsupportthegovernmentingoodconscienceandbeginstospeakout.[4]AftertheassassinationofFatherRutilioGrande(RichardJordan),anoutspokenJesuitadvocateforthepoorandclosefriendofFatherRomero's,Romerobeginstotakeastandagainstthegovernment'spolicies,promptingthegovernmenttoretaliatebyorderingtodeathsquadstotargetthepriestsofhisArchdiocese. Afterfailingtorescueapro-governmenthostageofthePro-Sovietguerrillasinabotchedransom,RomerodiscoversthathisfriendFatherOsuna(AlejandroBracho),amilitantcriticofthemilitaryregime,hasbeencapturedandtortured.Aftersecuringhisrelease,Romeroinstigatesaboycottofthepresident-elect'sinauguration,defyinghimbysayingMassinachurchtheSalvadoranmilitaryhastakenoverasabarracks.HelaterattemptstosecurethereleaseofasoldiertakenhostagewithFr.Osunabytheguerrillas,butisarrestedintheprocess.Fr.Osunaissubsequentlytorturedtodeath,despiteRomero'sprotestingpleas. Undeterred,Romerorejectstheviolentmethodsoftheguerrillas,butisnonethelessassassinatedwhilesayingMass,specificallywhileconsecratingtheEucharist.Thefilmconcludeswithtextstating: ArchbishopRomerowasmurderedonMarch24,1980.Hehadspokenthedisturbingtruth.Manychosenottolisten.Asaresult,between1980and1989morethan60,000Salvadorianswerekilled.Butthestruggleforpeaceandfreedom,justiceanddignitygoeson. By1992,whentheSalvadorianCivilWarended(threeyearsafterthemoviewasmade),thetotalnumberofSalvadorianskilledincreasedtoover75,000.