Son of Cain
Film poster
CatalanFill de Caín
Directed byJesús Monllaó
Written bySergio Barrejón
David Victori
Based onDear Cain
by Ignacio García-Valiño
Produced bySebastian Mery
Starring
CinematographyJordi Bransuela
Edited byBernat Aragonés
Guillermo de la Cal
Luis de la Madrid
Music byEthan Lewis Maltby
Production
companies
Distributed byAlfa Pictures
Release dates
  • 22 April 2013 (2013-04-22) (Málaga)
  • 31 May 2013 (2013-05-31) (Spain)
Running time
90 minutes
CountrySpain
Languages

Son of Cain (Catalan: Fill de Caín) is a 2013 Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Jesús Monllaó and starring José Coronado, Julio Manrique, David Solans and Maria Molins. It is based on the novel Dear Cain by Ignacio García-Valiño. It is also Monllaó's directorial debut.[1][2]

Plot

The plot concerns the developments set in motion as socially-awkward and gifted chess-playing boy Nico meets child psychologist Julio, who is also a chess aficionado. The latter ends up entangled in the affairs of Nico's family, formed by his 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 TV3.[3][4] It features dialogue in both the Spanish and the Catalan languages.[1]

Release

The film was presented at the Málaga Film Festival's official selection on 22 April 2013.[5][6] Distributed by Alfa Pictures,[3] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 31 May 2013. The film was excluded from the 28th Goya Awards because the release date was not duly notified in form to the academy.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Holland, Jonathan (5 June 2013). "Son of Cain: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Sachs, Ben. "Son of Cain". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 "'Hijo de Caín' – estreno en cines 31 de mayo". Audiovisual451. 27 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Estudian medidas legales por la exclusión de 'Hijo de Caín' de los premios Goya". 20minutos.es. 20 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Jesús Montllaó presenta Hijo de Caín en la Sección Official". Festival de Málaga. 22 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "La familia modélica como reverso del nido de víboras". Málaga Hoy. 23 April 2013.
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