Synopsis
On the eve of the Spanish Civil War, a group of children who feel no pain are locked up in an asylum deep in the Pyrénées. Here, the children are taught physical suffering in attempt to rehabilitate them. In the present day, a brillant neurosurgeon, who needs a bone marrow transplant to survive, must find his biological parents. In this vital quest, he will awaken his country's ghosts and be confronted by the disastrous fate that awaited the children insensitive to pain.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (5)
Production and distribution (7)
- Executive Producer : Les Films d'Antoine
- Co-production : Tobina Film
- Foreign production company : Fado Filmes
- Associate producer : Backup Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Elle Driver
- French distribution : Distrib Films
- News agency (France) : Bossa Nova
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producer : Antoine Simkine
- Screenwriters : Juan Carlos Medina, Luiso Berdejo
- Director of Photography : Alejandro Martínez Solares
- Music Composer : Johan Söderqvist
- Editor : José Pedro Ribeiro
- Sound Recordist : Frédéric Le Louêt
- Costume designer : Ariadna Papio
- Original idea : Juan Carlos Medina
- Line Producers : Manuel Monzon, Isaac Torras
- Co-producer : François Cognard
- Production manager : Ester Velasco
- Press Attaché (film) : Michel Burstein
- Production Designer : Inigo Navarro
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Fantasy
- Production language : Spanish, Catalan
- Coproducer countries : France, Spain, Portugal
- Original French-language productions : Yes