Carla's Song is a 1996 film directed by Ken Loach and written by Paul Laverty, that deals with the impact of the Contra War in Nicaragua.

The plot follows the relationship between a Scottish bus driver, George Lennox (Robert Carlyle) and Carla (Oyanka Cabezas), a Nicaraguan refugee living in Glasgow.

Carla later explains that she read letters from her boyfriend, Antonio (Richard Loza), which she had never been able to open before.

Carla tells him that she doesn't know what happened to her boyfriend Antonio or to her family and asks George to hold her.

George decides they need to return to a war-torn Nicaragua to find out what happened to Antonio and Carla's family.

Bradley happens by in a 4x4 and offers to take them off the truck and give them a ride while attempting to calm Carla down.

Carla has terrible night horrors where she relives the experience of being in the revolution and their group being attacked by the Contras.

The letter says that Carla is heading north to find Antonio, and implies she may try to take her own life again.

They head to Bradley's village and find Carla in a room curled up and terrified of reuniting with Antonio.

Ken Loach won the President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal at the 1996 Venice Film Festival.