''Son of Cain'' ( ca, Fill de Caín, links=no) is a 2013 Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Jesús Monllaó and starring

José Coronado José María Coronado García (born 14 August 1957) is a Spanish film and television actor and former model. His performances playing (often corrupt and/or morally dubious) law enforcement officer roles have brought him some of the greatest succ ...

, Julio Manrique,

David Solans David Solans Cortés (born 3 August 1996) is a Spanish film and television actor. Biography Solans' film debut was with Jesús Monllaó, who gave him the opportunity to participate in the film '' Son of Cain'', where he played Nico, a psychopat ...

and Maria Molins. It is based on the novel ''Dear Cain'' by Ignacio García-Valiño. It is also Monllaó's directorial debut.

Plot

The plot concerns the developments set in motion as the socially-awkward but gifted chess-playing boy Nico meets

child psychologist Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to include adolescence, adult development, ...

Julio, who is also a chess aficionado. The latter ends up entangled in the affairs of Nico's family, formed by Nico's parents Carlos and Coral and his sister, the young Diana.

Cast

Production

The film was produced by Life&Pictures in co-production with Salto de Eje PC and Fosca Producciones and the associate production of

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. It features dialogue in both the Spanish and the Catalan languages.

Release

The film was presented at the

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's official selection on 22 April 2013. Distributed by Alfa Pictures, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 31 May 2013. The film was excluded from the

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because the release date was not duly notified in form to the academy.

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