Bringing Him Back

A slow, suffocating stay in a remote house where grief and unspoken tensions curdle into sudden violence.

Directed by

Borja de la Vega

Genres

Drama

Starring

Bruna Cusí, Ricardo Gómez, Eneko Sagardoy

Overview

After losing their mother, Mía and Moi take refuge in a ramshackle family home, in the countryside, in the middle of nowhere. With them, Biel, Moi’s boyfriend. Together the three of them try to rest and heal the wounds. Especially in the case of Moi, who is recovering from a severe nervous breakdown. These are days of recovering family memories, some of them painful, of meeting again, of living without haste. The arrival of Mikel, Mía’s boyfriend, will alter the coexistence and disturb each of the inhabitants of the house in different ways. The tension grows until it explodes in an act of violence with irreversible consequences.

How it feels

Tense, melancholic, dark and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Grief, trauma, isolation, family

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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