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Boy Missing

2016 · 105 min

A taut, twisty Spanish thriller that keeps you guessing as a mother's desperate quest for justice spirals into unsettling moral territory.

Directed by
Mar Targarona
Genres
Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Blanca Portillo, Jose Coronado, Antonio Dechent
Tagline
Thriller
Overview
When her son's alleged kidnapper is released for lack of solid evidence, a reputable and well-known attorney takes matters into her own hands with unintended and spectacularly disastrous consequences.

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Directed by
Mar Targarona
Genres
Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Blanca Portillo, Jose Coronado, Antonio Dechent
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • revenge
  • family
  • deception
  • morality
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
mystery, thriller
Directed by
Mar Targarona
Written by
Oriol Paulo
Starring
Blanca Portillo, Jose Coronado, Antonio Dechent, Macarena Gómez, Vicente Romero Sánchez, Nausicaa Bonnín, Josep Maria Pou, Marc Domenech
Cinematography
Sergi Bartrolí
Runtime
105 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Spanish

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