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El castigo

Matías Bize / AR, CL, 2022 / 85 min.

A child turns the tables on his parents in this taut thriller/drama by Chilean director Matías Bize (En la cama). Their young son disappears in the woods. Awkward truths surface when the couple are forced to confront their different roles as parents.

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Ana is at the wheel. Alongside her Mateo, her husband. They are driving through the woods. The tension in the car is palpable. Gradually, it becomes clear that they have just left their seven-year-old son Lucas at the side of the road as a punishment, to teach him a lesson after he has badly misbehaved. But when they return to collect him, all they find is his cap. What was intended as a punishment soon turns into a nightmare for the parents. Each blames the other for his disappearance.

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Scenes from this movie may cause fearPersons under 12 years must be accompanied by an adultThis movie contains foul language

Director

Matías Bize

Production year

2022

Country

AR, CL

Original title

El castigo

Length

85 min.

Language

Spanish

Subtitles

NLD or ENG

Format

DCP

Part of

Previously Unreleased

Screened at prominent national and international festivals, yet never released in Dutch cinemas. Quite unjustly so, Eye Filmmuseum thinks, and so it has once again brought an exceptional selection of films from international festivals to the Netherlands.

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