Animals

Oct 26, 2012

1h 35m

★ 6.2

Overview

Pol is a teenager with a seemingly calm life: he lives with his brother and is still in high school. However, Pol has a secret: Deerhoof, a cuddly teddy bear who thinks, moves around and with whom he shares his best moments. Life goes on as normal until the arrival of Ikari, an enigmatic student who seems to be hiding something. Pol is fascinated by his new classmate and attracted to the dark side he harbors. An inexplicable death and a series of strange events will transform the meek student's routine into a fantastic adventure which will take over their lives. Animals is a story of teenage love, of sacrifice, of the tragedy of two clashing worlds. A Tale in which the power of imagination blurs its borders with reality and where death turns out to be an ending as tempting as inevitable.

Genres

Drama

Fantasy

Production Companies

Escándalo Films

Escac Films

Animals Trailers

Cast

Pol

Oriol Pla

Ikari

Augustus Prew

Mark

Dimitri Leonidas

Laia

Roser Tapias

Llorenç

Javier Beltrán

Albert

Martin Freeman

Clara

Maria Rodríguez Soto

Silvia

Katia Klein

Sara

Mia Lacostena

Sonia

Anaïs López

Laura

Alba Ribas

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