Pellet

Name: Pellet
Genre: Drama
Released: December 13, 2002
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Alberto Jiménez, Juan José Ballesta, Pablo Galán

2002

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Film Movement | Release Date: December 13, 2002

Starring: Alberto Jiménez, Juan José Ballesta, Pablo Galán

Summary: Mañas's film vividly brings viewers into a world of fathers and sons in which perception doesn't always match reality. (Film Movement)

Director: Achero Mañas

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 88 min

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Leslie Camhi

At once subtle and visceral, the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful, offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future. Read full review

J.R. Jones

This is quick and unpredictable storytelling, its dialogue simple but tough. Alberto Jimenez is excellent as the conscience-stricken father, whose duty to respect the law tests his relationship with his own son, and both kids, Juan Jose Ballesta and Pablo Galan, give passionate, committed performances. Read full review

Robert K. Elder

Despite an abrupt ending, Mana gives us compelling, damaged characters who we want to help -- or hurt. Perhaps most important, El Bola forces us examine our personal motivations for each impulse and their consequences. Read full review

David Sterritt

This drama has won an armload of international prizes, including multiple honors in Spain's equivalent of the Oscar race, marking Mañas as a director with a bright future. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Spanish director Achero Manas' El Bola shows how the boys' bond leads to salvation of a sort for the needy Pellet. He does so with great sensitivity, never sinking into exploitation. Read full review

Stephen Holden

As blunt as it is in depicting child abuse, El Bola is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

A sober, earnest drama about child abuse. Read full review

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FrancisS.

May 31, 2007

A beautiful, important, small but great movie.

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