Although there were moments where change seemed possible, things remained the same and the poor continued to unjustly suffer under the hands of the rich. The people’s fight for social equality was unsuccessful, and the cost of fighting for justice came with a price, which was the death of innocent people including Silvana.
Another example that demonstrates the underprivileged people in Latina America fighting for social equality is in the film El Violin. The character Don Plutarco an elderly man with a missing hand survives by playing the violin for a few pesos to buy food. Don Plutarco, his son, and grandson are not only musicians, but humble farmers whose land was confiscated by government officials. Faced with such harsh circumstance Plutarco and his family decide to join a guerilla movement attempting to defeat the vicious and corrupt