Las manos de Abel (2009)

Abel, a very little child, arrives to the big city after his father's death with his only brother, Mario. The loneliness he is going to experience will make him take decisions whose traumatic consequences he would have never suspected.

Director:

Víctor Bárcena

Writer:

Víctor Bárcena

Stars:

Daniel Avilés, Javier Batanero, Laura De Pedro

2 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Daniel Avilés	...	Abel
Javier Batanero	...	Homeless
Laura De Pedro	...	Teacher
Silvia Mir	...	Mother
Xabi Yarnoz	...	Mario

Storyline

Abel, a little child whose entire lifetime has been surrounded by nature, close to a small village, arrives to the big city after his father's death. There he will experience the abandonment of a mother whose memory he has lost, or the sudden loss of his only brother, Mario, a teenager, whose anxious will of change begin to lead him through violent paths. In his loneliness, the company of a beggar he finds everyday in his way to school, whose glance reminds him of his father, and whose presence seems to cease the grief provoked by that absence, will become his one and only shelter. But the beggar's presence becomes extremely awkward to Mario. Abel will be forced to choose among them, finding himself absolutely alone at the end to go on growing up, and carrying the sad weight of guilt, which his little child's mind still cannot thoroughly understand.

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Plot Keywords:

beggar | loneliness | grief | guilt | family relationships | 

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Taglines:

'The hands of Abel' tries to be art, not just mere entertainment... tries to reach human truth through human action, the most dramatic human conflicts through the hands of a little child.

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Genres:

Short | Drama

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

10 March 2009 (Spain)

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

€40,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dies Irae Filmproduktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

19 min 19 min (original)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Color:

Color (35 mm version)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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