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The Talent

2025 · 103 min

A quiet, uncomfortable chamber piece where social pressure and family duty tighten around a young musician until every polite exchange feels loaded.

Directed by
Polo Menárguez
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ester Expósito, Pedro Casablanc, Mirela Balić
Overview
A gifted young cellist from a fallen aristocratic family must make an impossible choice when her best friend's powerful father offers a solution to her family's desperate situation.

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Directed by
Polo Menárguez
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ester Expósito, Pedro Casablanc, Mirela Balić
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    • Language mild
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    • Sex mild
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    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension5
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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Polo Menárguez
    Written by
    Fernando León de Aranoa, Polo Menárguez
    Starring
    Ester Expósito, Pedro Casablanc, Mirela Balić, Juan Pablo Fuentes, Rocío Muñoz-Cobo, Sonia Almarcha, Clara Sans, Carlos Suárez
    Music
    Carla F. Benedicto
    Cinematography
    José Martín Rosete
    Runtime
    103 min
    Country
    Spain
    Languages
    Spanish

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