Directed by:
Achero MañasCinematography:
Juan Carlos GómezCast:
Juan José Ballesta, Nieve de Medina, Manuel Morón, Ana Wagener, Andrés Gertrúdix, Pablo Galán, Alberto Jiménez, Gloria Muñoz, Javier Lago (more)Plots(1)
Pablo (El Bola) is a 12-year old boy raised in a violent and unforgiving environment. Embarrassed by his family life, he retreats from his classmates, engaging them only through a dangerous game. The arrival of a new boy at school, from whom he learns a new definition of friendship, leads to the discovery of a family where communication and love prevail over domination and violence. The film poignantly parallels the lives of a caring father unable to connect with his willful son, and that of distant Pablo (El Bola) and his abusive father who is incapable of giving him the love he needs, replacing it with something far more sinister. One imprints his son in an improbably gentle manner with a tattoo stylus, the other brutally with his fists. Told through both the children's and adults' points of view, Achero Manas's El Bola is a stirring narrative that lodges in the memory. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Juan José Ballesta
Spain
Best movies:
Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)
The Ministry of Time (2015) (series)
Among Wolves (2011)
Nieve de Medina
Spain
Best movies:
The Ministry of Time (2015) (series)
Pellet (2000)
Outrage (1993)
Manuel Morón
Spain
Best movies:
Salvador (2006)
Cell 211 (2009)
The Night of the Sunflowers (2006)
Ana Wagener
Spain
Best movies:
The Invisible Guest (2016)
The Sleeping Voice (2011)
Pellet (2000)
Andrés Gertrúdix
Spain
Best movies:
The Ministry of Time (2015) (series)
Pellet (2000)
Stones (2002)
Pablo Galán
Spain
Best movies:
Los serrano (2003) (series)
Pellet (2000)
Alberto Jiménez
Best movies:
The Sea Inside (2004)
The Ministry of Time (2015) (series)
La fuga (2001)
Gloria Muñoz
Spain
Best movies:
Pellet (2000)
The Flower of My Secret (1995)
Gran Reserva (2010) (series)
Javier Lago
Best movies:
Aquí no hay quien viva (2003) (series)
The Ministry of Time (2015) (series)
Take My Eyes (2003)
Rosario Santesmases
Best movies:
Pellet (2000)
Outrage (1993)
Love and Other Curiosities (2001)
Ana Frau
Spain
Best movies:
Pellet (2000)
Lorca, muerte de un poeta (1987) (TV movie)
Love and Other Curiosities (2001)
Alfonso Vallejo
Best movies:
The Ministry of Time (2015) (series)
Pellet (2000)
Law of Desire (1987)
Omar Muñoz
Spain
Best movies:
Los serrano (2003) (series)
The Way (2010)
Pellet (2000)