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A Son

2026 · 95 min

A quiet, unsettling drama that slowly reveals the pain beneath a child's smile, keeping you tense and thoughtful.

Directed by: Nacho La Casa
Genres: Drama
Starring: Macarena García, Ian Cortegoso, Hugo Silva

Overview: Maria, an inexperienced school psychologist, senses that behind the apparent happiness of an eight-year-old boy, who has just arrived at the school, lies a secret, the consequences of which are unpredictable. If she is to find out, she will have to decipher what Guille’s mind translates into drawings, as well as overcoming his father’s intransigence.

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Directed by: Nacho La Casa
Genres: Drama
Starring: Macarena García, Ian Cortegoso, Hugo Silva

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: trauma
family
isolation
deception
guilt
Places: school
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Nacho La Casa
Written by: Juan Apolo, Nacho La Casa
Starring: Macarena García, Ian Cortegoso, Hugo Silva, Jesús Carroza, Javier Aguayo, Chema del Barco, Silvia Larrauri, Daniel Mantero
Music: Zeltia Montes
Cinematography: Santiago Racaj
Runtime: 95 min
Country: Spain
Languages: Spanish

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