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Eye for an Eye

2019 · 107 min

A quiet, coiled revenge story that simmers under polite caregiving, building dread through small gestures until the patient menace turns ugly.

Overview
Mario, an exemplary man, lives in a village on the Galician coast. In the old people’s home, where he works as a nurse, everyone appreciates him. When the best known narco in the area, Antonio Padín, recently released from prison, enters the residence, Mario tries to make Antonio feel at home. Now, Padín's two sons, Kike and Toño, are in charge of the family business. The failure of an operation will put Kike in jail and cause them to owe a large debt to a Colombian supplier. Toño will turn to the nurse to try to convince his father to assume the debt. But Mario has his own plans.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 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
  • revenge
  • grief
  • crime
  • deception
  • morality
Places
  • small town
  • hospital
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, thriller, crime
Directed by
Paco Plaza
Written by
Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Juan Galiñanes
Starring
Luis Tosar, María Vázquez, Ismael Martínez, Pablo Guisa Koestinger, Daniel Currás, María Luisa Mayol, Víctor Duplá, Enric Auquer
Music
Maika Makovski
Cinematography
Pablo Rosso
Runtime
107 min
Country
Belgium, France, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
Spanish, Galician

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