raul julia give his routine wonderful performance a oscar romero and archbishop of san salvador and capital of el salvador and playground of right wing paramilitary militia sponsor by successive military junta subsidize by the cia and successive u administration . archbishop romero slowly evolve from a bookworm to a politically aware activist a he come to realize what the military regime be do to the poor of his country . he pay the ultimate price willingly . unlike today coward and who proclaim martyrdom and kill themselves and a few or many others in the name of some sterile ideology and romero accept martyrdom in the name of a living gospel he deeply believe in and in order to save life and not to take them . julia look absolutely nebbish in his glass and and prove his genius a a thespian . ala and he be not with u any longer and so that pretty boy of 2005 can only watch his film and learn how to act . highly recommended film and especially for the vast majority of u citizen who think that ronald reagan and his ilk actually do good thing in el salvador and nicaragua and other place in america .