Retornos

Jul 27, 2010

1h 28m

★ 5.8

A lot can happen where nothing ever happens

Overview

Álvaro, before escaping from himself during ten years, return to his town, a small village in Galicia, to attend to his father's funeral. There he will try to make it up with his brother and to recoup his daugther Mar. Everything gets complicated when he finds a dead woman in the road, the woman is Lidia, a Mar's friend who works as a prostitute.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Patagonik

Vaca Films

Persona Non Grata Pictures

Retornos Trailers

Cast

Elisa

María Bouzas

Cabo

Antonio Durán 'Morris'

Alvaro

Xavier Estévez

Jimena

Solange Freitas

Nestor

Emilio Gutiérrez Caba

Tania

Sabrina Praga

Mar

Manuela Vellés

Pedro

Xosé Barato

Xose

Xosé Manuel Olveira

Susi

Mina Andala

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