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 | 0.793 |
Directed By
Miguel Hermoso
Crew
Miguel Hermoso
Miguel Hermoso
Rafael Díaz-Salgado
Miguel Ángel González
José Luis Olaizola
Óscar Gómez
Víctor Reyes
Fernando Arribas
Blanca Guillén
Elena Arnao
Carlos Dorremochea
Sonia Grande
Eli Adánez
Paca Almenara
Raúl de la Morena
Alicia Yubero
María Guisado
J.C. Falcón
Charina Laguna
Carlos Lázaro
Fernando Sánchez-Izquierdo
Federico del Cerro
Beatriz González
José Antonio Jiménez
Ramón Moya
Juan Carlos Ramos
Román Rojas
Willo Spinola
Juan Antonio Torrijos
Francisco Valero
Sergio Burmann
Manuel Corrales
Eduardo Fernández
Daniel Goldstein
Pelayo Gutiérrez
Nacho Royo-Villanova
Ricardo Steinberg
Jaume Puig
Reyes Abades
Carlos J. Santos
Ignacio Carreño
Luis M. Gutiérrez Santos
Arturo Aldegunde
Fernando Beltrán
José Luis Bernal
Rafael Castro
Rafael García Martos
José Antonio Laguna
Iván Leiva
Juan Leiva
Julio Leyva
Joaquín Manchado
Carlos Miguel
Christian Molina
Matías Nieto
Sergio Armas
Joaquín Montull
José Ramón Guillén
María Luisa López
Montse Ordorica
Ángel Megino
Paloma Porras
Cayetano Olaizola
Carlos J. Santos
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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