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A Son (2026)

  • Drama
  • 95 min
  • ★ 7.8/10 from 5 ratings

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.

Directed byNacho La Casa

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    Andrea visits her incarcerated son for the first time. Initially eyed with suspicion by other women in line, she gradually gains their trust — and emerges as a powerful advocate for justice reform.

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    • a closely matched era
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    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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    Ferocious Wolf

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    2023 · 105 min · Drama · Thriller

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    A detective on trail of a suspected child killer, was arrested for the crime, but was allowed to walk free after a clerical error. The detective enlists the mother of the murdered child to exact a justice the legal system can't provide.

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    Clandestine Childhood

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    2012 · 112 min · Drama

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    Juan lives in clandestinity. Just like his mum, his dad and his adored uncle Beto, outside his home he has another name. At school, Juan is known as Ernesto. And he meets María, who only has one name. Based on true events, set in the Argentina of 1979, this film is one about love.

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    Mateo

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    2014 · 86 min · Drama

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    At the impressionable age of 16, young Mateo faces a dilemma about the direction his life will take when his corrupt uncle asks him to infiltrate a local Barrancabermeja theatre group to uncover its members' political activities.

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    Hotel Coppelia

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    2021 · 105 min · Drama

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    1965, Dominican Republic. At a seaside brothel, the lives of a group of prostitutes take a dramatic turn when freedom fighters stage a revolutionary coup, making them realise they can have a better life and perhaps find love. But everything changes when the US army supresses the revolution and takes the brothel as a military base: the girls will have to face the dilemma of either sleeping with the enemy or protecting their dignity at all costs.

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