Movie

Black Bread

2010 · 108 min

A cold, oppressive plunge into a child's moral undoing, heavy with secrets, cruelty and quiet dread.

Tagline: The lies of adults raise little monsters.
Overview: In the harsh post-war years' Catalan countryside, Andreu, a child that belongs to the losing side, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The authorities want his father to be made responsible of the deaths, but Andreu tries to help his father by finding out who truly killed them. In this search, Andreu develops a moral consciousness against a world of adults fed by lies. In order to survive, he betrays his own roots and ends up finding out the monster that lives within him.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Betrayal, deception, coming-of-age, guilt
Content: Strong violence and sexual content. Mild gore and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
deception
coming-of-age
guilt
class
Places: countryside
small town
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong