''Adú'' is a 2020 Spanish drama film directed by

Salvador Calvo Salvador Calvo (born 1970) is a Spanish film and television director. Biography Calvo was born 1970 in Madrid. He earned a licentiate degree in Information Sciences (Journalism) from the Complutense University of Madrid. Instead of focusing on ...

, written by Alejandro Hernández and starring Moustapha Oumarou,

Luis Tosar Luis López Tosar (born 13 October 1971) is a Spanish actor and musician from Galicia. He is one of the most recognizable and versatile actors in Spain, best known for performances in films such as ''Cell 211'', ''Take My Eyes'', '' Sleep Tigh ...

and

Álvaro Cervantes Álvaro Cervantes Sorribas (born 12 September 1989) is a Spanish actor. Life and career Álvaro Cervantes Sorribas was born in Barcelona on 12 September 1989. His younger sister Ángela has also pursued an acting career. Cervantes made a name ...

. The film premiered in Spain on 31 January 2020. The film won four

Goya Awards The Goya Awards ( es, Premios Goya) are Spain's main national annual film awards, commonly referred to as the Academy Awards of Spain. The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sc ...

, including

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for Calvo and Best New Actor for Adam Nourou, from a total of thirteen nominations, at the

35th Goya Awards The 35th Goya Awards ceremony, presented by the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España, Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AACCE), honored the best in Spanish films of 2020 and took place at the Teatro del S ...

Plot

The film intertwines three storylines related to the African immigration to Europe. A six-year-old boy and his older sister make a desperate attempt to flee

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for Europe, waiting on a runway to smuggle themselves inside an airplane's cargo hold. Not far away, an activist against

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discovers the terrible scene of a dead elephant, its tusks removed. As well as fighting against illegal poaching, he has to face issues with his daughter, recently arrived in the country. Thousands of miles to the north, in

Melilla Melilla ( , ; ; rif, Mřič ; ar, مليلية ) is an autonomous city of Spain located in north Africa. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of . It was par ...

, a group of

civil guard Civil Guard refers to various policing organisations: Current * Civil Guard (Spain), Spanish gendarmerie * Civil Guard (Israel), Israeli volunteer police reserve * Civil Guard (Brazil), Municipal law enforcement corporations in Brazil Histori ...

s face a mass assault on the

border fence by Africans desperate to gain access to Spain.

Cast

Production

The film is a

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, Ikiru Films, La Terraza Films, Un Mundo Prohibido AIE and Mogambo production, it had the collaboration of

Mediaset España Mediaset España (), full name Mediaset España Comunicación, S.A., is a Spanish media company, controlled by the Italian company MFE - MediaForEurope. Its divisions include the generalist free-to-air TV channels Telecinco and Cuatro, thematic ch ...

and Mediterráneo Mediaset España Group and funding from ICAA.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * 2020 films 2020 drama films 2020s Spanish-language films Spanish drama films Spanish multilingual films Films directed by Salvador Calvo Films produced by Álvaro Augustin Films produced by Ghislain Barrois Films produced by Edmon Roch Films produced by Javier Ugarte Films with screenplays by Alejandro Hernández Films set in Cameroon Films set in Mauritania Films set in Morocco Films set in Senegal Films set in Spain Films shot in Benin Films shot in Morocco Films shot in Spain Paramount Pictures films Telecinco Cinema films Ikiru Films films 2020s Spanish films {{2020s-Spain-film-stub