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Secrets of the Heart

1997 · 105 min

A hushed, watchful childhood mystery that drifts between dread and sorrow, letting you piece together adult secrets alongside a curious boy.

Directed by
Montxo Armendáriz
Genres
Drama
Starring
Carmelo Gómez, Charo López, Sílvia Munt
Overview
Javi and his friend Carlos visit an old house on the outskirts of a small Spanish village. According to his brother Juan this is a haunted house and one can hear the voices of the dead. Later he is intrigued with a room which is always closed (the room where his father was found dead). He is so interested in these mysteries that he starts to investigate all the secrets of these dead people and their stories.

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  • Amazon Prime Video
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Directed by
Montxo Armendáriz
Genres
Drama
Starring
Carmelo Gómez, Charo López, Sílvia Munt
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • family
  • death
  • grief
  • identity
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Carmelo Gómez, Charo López, Sílvia Munt, Vicky Peña, Andoni Erburu, Álvaro Nagore, Íñigo Garcés, Joan Vallès
Cinematography
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Runtime
105 min
Country
France, Portugal, Spain
Languages
Spanish

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