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 | 1.117 |
Directed By
Miguel Hermoso
Crew
Miguel Hermoso
José Luis Olaizola
Carlos Dorremochea
Raúl de la Morena
Román Rojas
Sergio Burmann
Miguel Hermoso
Sonia Grande
Federico del Cerro
Eduardo Fernández
Carlos Miguel
Carlos J. Santos
Elena Arnao
Rafael Díaz-Salgado
Charina Laguna
Ricardo Steinberg
Ramón Moya
Willo Spinola
Jaume Puig
Óscar Gómez
Paca Almenara
María Guisado
J.C. Falcón
Beatriz González
Sergio Armas
Cayetano Olaizola
Miguel Ángel González
Víctor Reyes
Francisco Valero
Joaquín Manchado
Eli Adánez
Juan Antonio Torrijos
José Luis Bernal
Arturo Aldegunde
Rafael Castro
Iván Leiva
Fernando Beltrán
José Antonio Laguna
Blanca Guillén
Pelayo Gutiérrez
Carlos J. Santos
Rafael García Martos
Julio Leyva
Matías Nieto
Ángel Megino
Fernando Arribas
Juan Leiva
José Ramón Guillén
María Luisa López
Montse Ordorica
Luis M. Gutiérrez Santos
Carlos Lázaro
Juan Carlos Ramos
Manuel Corrales
Daniel Goldstein
Ignacio Carreño
Alicia Yubero
José Antonio Jiménez
Nacho Royo-Villanova
Christian Molina
Fernando Sánchez-Izquierdo
Paloma Porras
Reyes Abades
Joaquín Montull
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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