Black Bread

Black Bread (2010)

Pa Negre

The lies of adults raise little monsters.

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.

Date of release
2010-10-10
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (127)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Agustí Villaronga

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $3.8M
  • Based on: Black Bread
  • Awards: 22 · Nominations: 14. Including: Gaudí Award for Best Film in Catalan Language; Goya Award for Best Actress; Goya Award for Best Director; Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Black Bread is a 2010 Catalan-language Spanish drama film written and directed by Agustí Villaronga. The screenplay is based on the homonymous novel by Emili Teixidor, with elements from two other works by him, Retrat d'un assassí d'ocells and Sic transit Gloria Swanson.

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