
The Bad Son
Good wombs bear bad children.
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10/16/2026Runtime
106 minsGenres
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Rubén, an eleven-year-old boy, lives in a rural area with his father until he suddenly disappears. In the aftermath, Rubén moves in with his grandmother, a woman he barely knows and with whom he must learn to coexist. In a setting where time seems to have stood still, their relationship gradually reveals a family history shaped by wounds passed down from one generation to the next. As Rubén grows older, he tries to understand this emotional legacy and find a way to break the cycle, confronting his past in an attempt to heal what he has inherited.
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A quietly devastating meditation on inherited pain and generational wounds, following a boy learning to live with his estranged grandmother in rural isolation. The film moves at the unhurried pace of healing itself, asking whether understanding the past can free us from repeating it.
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