Piety (2023)
La Piedad
Mateo lives with his mother Libertad in a rose-tinted world: a microcosm that has precisely two inhabitants, mother and son. One day Mateo is diagnosed with cancer.
- Date of release
- 2023-01-13
- TMDB
- 4.9 / 10 (31)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, Horror
- Director
- Eduardo Casanova
Casting
- Macarena Gómez — Teresa
- Ángela Molina — Libertad
- Manel Llunell — Mateo
- Ana Polvorosa — Marta
- María León — Carolina
- Alberto Jo Lee — Taeyang
- Daniel Freire — Doctor Estrada
- Antonio Durán 'Morris' — Roberto
- Meteora Fontana — Meteora
- Songa Park — Cheong Yeong-Il
- Maya Murofushi — Dance teacher
- Montse Peidró — Nurse Rutia
Interesting facts
Piety, also known as La Pietà is a 2022 Spanish-Argentine film directed and written by Eduardo Casanova which stars Ángela Molina and Manel Llunell as Libertad and Mateo in a toxic mother-son relationship. It has been variously billed as a drama, "mother-son horror", and black comedy. It displays camp elements.
Production
Ana Belén was the original cast choice for the role of Libertad but she was eventually replaced by Ángela Molina due to the former's stage commitments. A Spanish-Argentine co-production, the film was produced by Pokeepsie Films, Gente Seria AIE, Spal Films, Link-up and Crudo Films. Filming began on 27 September 2021. Shooting locations included Madrid and Andalusia. It was shot with dialogue in Spanish and Korean.
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