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Son (The)

Country: Spain, Language: Spanish, 22 mins

Original Title

El Hijo
  • Director: Venci Kostov
  • Writer: Enrique De Tomas; Venci Kostov
  • Producer: Manuel Valenzuela

CGiii Comment

This is unrelenting...it's brutal, it's disturbing and complex.

It is an astonishing piece of work.


Trailer...

EL HIJO (trailer - subtítulos) / THE SON (subtitled trailer) from Venci D. Kostov on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

Pedro is a 17 years old boy who attends high school as all the boys do. In the afternoon he and his friends mess around. What Pedro loves the most is mothers baked beans.

Cast & Characters

Pedro Casablanc as Paco;
Anibal Cortes as Kuman;
Jose Carlos Cuevas as Pino;
Fanny de Castro as Pilar;
Mateo Ferrari as Luis;
Mateo Ferrary;
Salvador Flores as German;
Ignacio Montes as Pedro;
Alvaro Blanco Morett as Indio;
Manuel Valenzuela as Profesor