''Second Origin'' is a 2015 Spanish film directed by Carles Porta, after an idea of Bigas Luna, co-produced by Produccions Audiovisuals Antàrtida and Ipso Facto Films. It is an adaptation by Bigas Luna, Carles Porta and Carmen Chaves of the well-known novel '' Mecanoscrit del segon origen'' by the Spanish writer

Manuel de Pedrolo Manuel de Pedrolo i Molina (; 1918 – 1990) was a Catalan author of novels, short stories, poetry and plays. He's mostly known for his sci-fi novel ''Mecanoscrit del segon origen'' ('' Typescript of the Second Origin''). Mini-biography Manue ...

Plot

Alba is a 20-year-old girl who lives with her father of English origin in a farmhouse in a place near the city of

Lleida Lleida (, ; ; '' see below'') is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town in Segrià county, the Ponent region and the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It ...

. They have lived there for eighteen months, after Alba's mother died of cancer in

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

and her father's decision to move to his wife's birthplace. Alba teaches English to Dídac, a 10-year-old-boy who loves football and tractors. One day as Alba is returning home on her motorbike, she sees three boys throwing Dídac into the lake. Without a moment's hesitation, Alba dives in to save him. When they come up to the surface, everything around them has been reduced to ruins by a solar magnetic storm (or, in one version of events, an alien invasion). They believe that they are the only two survivors. Together they must start from scratch to rebuild their lives and those of the whole of humanity. When they find a third survivor—with his own sailing ship—he at first seems to bond with them and their new-born child, Kai, but subsequently betrays their trust and kidnaps Kai. Alba and Dídac's quest to rescue the child leads to a violent dénouement.

Cast

Rachel Hurd-Wood Rachel Hurd-Wood (born 17 August 1990) is an English actress. She is known for her performances in the fantasy adventure film ''Peter Pan'' (2003), the thriller film '' Perfume: The Story of a Murderer'' (2006) and the BBC Three television seri ...

as Alba * Andrés Batista as Dídac (boy) * Ibrahim Mané as Dídac (adult) * Sergi López as The Man

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* * 2015 films 2015 science fiction films Films directed by Bigas Luna Films set in Spain Spanish post-apocalyptic films Spanish science fiction films Catalonia in fiction Films scored by David Julyan 2010s Spanish films Spanish dystopian films {{2010s-sf-film-stub