The Dead Mother

Drama, Crime | 1993-11-05 | Spain

6.1 / 10

112 min.

Killing is as easy stealing candy from a baby.

Ismael breaks into the house of a fine art restorer and shoots the homeowner dead, leaving her daughter orphaned and traumatized for life. Years later, Ismael is working in a bar where he sees the daughter again. Paranoid that she has recognised him and will report him, he kidnaps her and holds her hostage, demanding that her hospital pay a ransom for her release. As he spends more time with her, a strange bond develops that causes him to delay the ransom request or fulfil his threats of throwing her in front of a train. But he can’t delay forever…

Gazteizko Zinema

Sogepaq

Diputación Foral de Álava

Ministerio de Cultura España