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Black Bread (2010)

Black Bread (2010)

Drama Crime

The lies of adults raise little monsters.

Release Date: 2010, October 10
Directors: Agustí Villaronga
Countries: Spain
Production: Massa d'Or Produccions, TV3
Cast: Sergi López, Roger Casamajor, Eduard Fernández, Nora Navas, Laia Marull, Elisa Crehuet, Lázaro Mur, Marina Gatell, Jordi Pla, Francesc Colomer, Lluïsa Castell, Marina Comas

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.

Keywords:

1940s gay theme revenge farmer cave homophobia spanish civil war (1936-39) rural area post war catalonia, spain caged bird