Andalusian Panorama

PADRES

José Ángel Bohollo | Spain | 2024 | 82 min. | In Spanish
PADRES

In itself, a recently divorced couple meeting at their former luxury chalet is enough for a thriller. But the tension increases when their 15-year-old daughter does not return from a music festival she had attended with her best friend. Fernando Cayo (Money Heist) and Natalia Verbeke (You Shall Not Lie) play the parents who begin their desperate search, especially when her mobile phone location is sending them to Morocco. The recent break-up, the anxiety surrounding the disappearance in a hyper-surveilled world, and the arrival of the mother’s new partner will heighten the confrontation between the two characters. José Ángel Bohollo directs and writes this gripping suspense film, immersing the audience in rapid dialogues and a fast-paced plot that offers no respite.