Childish Games (2012) ( Dictado ) ( Dictation )

Childish Games (2012) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Dictado
Alternate Title: Dictation
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Antonio Chavarrías

Written By:
Sergi Belbel
Antonio Chavarrías

Actors:
Juan Diego Botto ..... Daniel
Bárbara Lennie ..... Laura
Mágica Pérez ..... Julia
Marc Rodríguez ..... Mario
Àgata Roca ..... Luisa
Nora Navas ..... Beatriz
Cristina Azofra ..... Clara
Adrián Bermúdez ..... Daniel niño
Pedro Muiño ..... Mario niño
Monti Castiñeiras ..... Alfonso
Dolors Tuneu ..... Chus
Maria Pau Pigem ..... Doctora Moreno
Celia Rico ..... Canguro
Xènia Abadal ..... Madre Olaya
María Luisa Sales ..... Profesora

Synopsis:

Daniel receives an unexpected, and unwanted, visit from a friend who he hasn't seen since his childhood. His friend is obsessed with his daughter and insists that Daniel has to meet her. Daniel does his best to get rid of him and tries to forget the incident. That same night his friend commits suicide. Laura, Daniel's wife, suggests they go to his friend's funeral. There they meet his daughter, a little girl, barely seven years old, who since the death of her father has been taken into foster care. Laura convinces all parties that the best thing is for the little girl to go and stay with them. But the little girl's presence in the house starts to have an adverse effect on the couple when fears and memories which Daniel thought he had long since buried start to come creeping back inside his head. The same obsessions and fears that took the life of his friend start to take control of Daniel. A growing sense of isolation engulfs Daniel in the house, which until the arrival of the little girl, he had thought belonged to him.

Dictado (aka Childish Games) tells the story of a childless couple, Daniel and Laura, both teachers, who are confronted by an unusual situation when Mario, a childhood friend of Daniel's, turns up acting strangely and wanting them to meet his daughter, Julia. Daniel manages to get rid of him, but the next day he learns of Mario's suicide. Julia, who is now an orphan, ends up being taken in temporarily by the couple, despite Daniel's discomfort at not only the strange encounter with Mario but also the excessive enthusiasm of Laura at playing the role of mother. The tension builds as Laura tries to help Julia regain the will to live and Daniel begins to feel threatened by some of Julia's behaviors, as well as the apparent awakening of memories of a terrifying past involving Mario that he thought he had put behind him.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 29 August, 2012.

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