Romero

1. Synopsis
- The movie "Romero" is about the life of Oscar Romero, an archbishop of El
Salvador. The movie illustrates the hardships and the sacrifices that Oscar Romero
has done in order to help and serve the underprivileged people of El Salvador. The
story unfolds as the church begins to see the discrimination and the unfair treatment
of the government to its people. The poor people of El Salvador get treated badly and
are deprived of their rights as a person belonging to that country. There are a lot of
things that had caught my attention while watching the movie. I think that the whole
plot of the story has struck me as important and significant as a Catholic and as a
human being. One of the events that have transpired in the movie that stuck me the
most was how some important powerful figure in the church are willing to close their
senses as to what is going on around them. They close to remain ignorant and numb
to the cries and the pleas of the people so that the government would protect them at
all cost. Another one is when the people are still faithful to their church even though
they know that the government is against them. Through this their faith in God is
tested. The church began to help the people get their freedom back.

2. Relevance of the film in the study of sociology.

- We can relate it in to poor socio-economic conditions and lack of peace and order
between the people, the church, and the governing body in El Salvador.

3. Relation between STATE and CHURCH.

- The movie “Romero” is completely about the prosperity and relationship between the
government and the church. While the government remains to be oppressive and
abusive towards the citizens of El Salvador, in turn, the victims of oppression have
turned to the church for help against the continuous abuse of the government.

4. Impact of the film to you

- I find it very sad. Since I was born in the time of peace and prosperity. I wasn’t
affected by martial law or severe government ruling or neither has my community
been affected by terrorism. So I find it very sad to see such things in other parts of the
world.