Like a Bolt of Lightning (1996)
Overview
Miguel Hermoso's Like Lightning offers a fresh take on a familiar scenario, the teenaged boy searching for his unknown father. Pablo is a typical teen, with a fondness for football and sneaking beers with his buddies. He enjoys a comfortable upper-middle class life with his mother (Assumpta Serna), a successful lawyer and former feminist rabble-rouser, but has a gaping hole at the core of his identity: he has no idea who his father is. Preoccupied with the question to the point of obsession, he sets out in search of answers, and finds himself on a trail that leads to the Canary Islands.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | es |
| Popularity | 0.314 |
Directed By
Miguel Hermoso
Crew
Miguel Hermoso
Francisco Valero
Julio Leyva
Joaquín Montull
Rafael Díaz-Salgado
Miguel Ángel González
Blanca Guillén
Fernando Sánchez-Izquierdo
Joaquín Manchado
Matías Nieto
Ángel Megino
Víctor Reyes
Daniel Goldstein
Jaume Puig
Paloma Porras
Cayetano Olaizola
Román Rojas
Willo Spinola
Manuel Corrales
Ricardo Steinberg
Elena Arnao
Alicia Yubero
María Guisado
J.C. Falcón
Luis M. Gutiérrez Santos
Fernando Arribas
Beatriz González
José Antonio Jiménez
Eduardo Fernández
Carlos Lázaro
Juan Carlos Ramos
Juan Antonio Torrijos
Ignacio Carreño
José Luis Bernal
Eli Adánez
Montse Ordorica
Sonia Grande
Federico del Cerro
Fernando Beltrán
José Antonio Laguna
Christian Molina
Carlos Dorremochea
Paca Almenara
Juan Leiva
Sergio Armas
José Ramón Guillén
María Luisa López
Ramón Moya
Carlos Miguel
Carlos J. Santos
Miguel Hermoso
José Luis Olaizola
Raúl de la Morena
Nacho Royo-Villanova
Arturo Aldegunde
Rafael Castro
Iván Leiva
Óscar Gómez
Charina Laguna
Sergio Burmann
Pelayo Gutiérrez
Reyes Abades
Carlos J. Santos
Rafael García Martos
TOP CAST
Santiago Ramos
Rafael
Assumpta Serna
Sonia
Eloy Azorín
Pablo
Héctor Cantolla
Ricardo
Chema Muñoz
Joaquín
Isabel Prinz
Divorciada
Carmen Segarra
Herminia
Elizabeth Pulido
Mireya
Leticia Gordillo
Prostituta
Luifer Rodríguez
Roque
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