Black Bread

Oct 10, 2010

1h 48m

★ 6.7

The lies of adults raise little monsters.

Overview

In the harsh post-war years' Catalan countryside, Andreu, a child that belongs to the losing side, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The authorities want his father to be made responsible of the deaths, but Andreu tries to help his father by finding out who truly killed them. In this search, Andreu develops a moral consciousness against a world of adults fed by lies. In order to survive, he betrays his own roots and ends up finding out the monster that lives within him.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Massa d'Or Produccions

TV3

Black Bread Trailers

Cast

Andreu

Francesc Colomer

Núria

Marina Comas

Florència

Nora Navas

Farriol

Roger Casamajor

Ció

Lluïsa Castell

Sra. Manubens

Mercé Arànega

Enriqueta

Marina Gatell

Àvia

Elisa Crehuet

Tísic

Lázaro Mur

Quirze

Jordi Pla

Pauleta

Laia Marull

Alcalde

Sergi López

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