Black Bread

Black Bread

The lies of adults raise little monsters.

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Release Date

10/10/2010

Runtime

108 mins

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Catalan

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$3,770,657

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A haunting portrait of childhood corruption set in post-Civil War Catalonia, where a boy's search for truth in a murder investigation becomes a descent into moral compromise. The film traces how innocence curdles into complicity when survival demands betrayal.

Mood

UnsettlingBleak

Themes

IdentityComing of ageCorruptionRevengeFamily

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDesaturated

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violenceChild endangerment

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