El Bola

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Product Description ------------------- Pablo (El Bola) is a 12-year old boy raised in a violent and unforgiving environment. Embarrassed by his family life, he retreats from his classmates, engaging them only through a dangerous game. The arrival of a new boy at school, from whom he learns a new definition of friendship, leads to the discovery of a family where communication and love prevail over domination and violence. The film poignantly parallels the lives of a caring her unable to connect with his willful son, and that of distant Pablo (El Bola) and his abusive her who is incapable of giving him the love he needs, replacing it with something far more sinister. One imprints his son in an improbably gentle manner with a tattoo stylus, the other brutally with his fists. Told through both the children's and adults' points of view, Achero Manas's El Bola is a stirring narrative that lodges in the memory. Winner - 4 Goya Awards (Spain's Os). Winner - Avignon and San Sebastian Film Festivals. In Spanish with English subtitles. When sold by .com, this product will be manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. .com's standard return policy will apply. Review ------ WINNER - Best Film - Goya Awards (Spanish Os) WINNER - Best New Director - Goya Awards (Spanish Os) WINNER - Best New Actor - Goya Awards (Spanish Os) WINNER - Best Screenplay - Goya Awards (Spanish Os) WINNER - European Discovery of the Year - European Film Awards WINNER - OCIC Award - San Sebastian Intl Film Festival WINNER - Best Film - Avignon Film Festival WINNER - Best Film - Bogota Intl Film Festival --- A truly remarkable performance from its lead actor, twelve-year-old Juan Jose Ballesta, who plays this street urchin in equal parts tough and vulnerable. --- Jamie Russell, BBC At once subtle and visceral...a measure of faith in the future. --- Leslie Camhi, The Village Voice