is a 1996 Spanish melodrama film directed by Miguel Hermoso which stars Santiago Ramos,

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, and Eloy Azorín. Santiago Ramos was awarded the Goya Award for Best Actor for his performance.

Plot

Upper-class teenager Pablo living with mother Sonia (a lawyer and former far-left and feminist activist) decides to look for his father Rafael, who abandoned Pablo in his childhood. Thanks to his neighbor, he discovers that he lives in Gran Canaria, and he does not hesitate to pay him a visit.

Cast

Production

The film is a Los Films del Tango and Antea Films production.

Release

The film screened at the 23rd

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in 1996. It was released theatrically in Spain on 17 January 1997.

Awards

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References