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Matar al Nani

1988 · 111 min

A grim, angry chronicle of police brutality that plays like a slow-burning true-crime indictment, leaving a lingering sense of injustice.

Directed by
Roberto Bodegas
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Frédéric Deban, José Pedro Carrión, Eulalia Ramón
Overview
The story of El Nani, a juvenile delinquent from the years of the Transition, whose disappearance in a police station after an interrogation has not yet been clarified, putting the accent on the denunciation of police brutality and speculating on the outcome of the story. A story that mixes political denunciation and social chronicle of an era.

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Directed by
Roberto Bodegas
Genres
Crime, Drama
Starring
Frédéric Deban, José Pedro Carrión, Eulalia Ramón
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • justice
  • crime
  • violence
  • power
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Roberto Bodegas
Written by
Vicente Escrivá, Gregorio Roldán
Starring
Frédéric Deban, José Pedro Carrión, Eulalia Ramón, Chema de Miguel, Fermí Reixach, Albert Vidal, Damián Velasco, Antonio Dechent
Runtime
111 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Spanish

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