Backroads

Backroads

The small but graniosos happenings of the time.

Directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro

Produced by Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza, Canal+ España

1997105 min5.8 / 10

A melancholic road movie about a father and son's precarious, nomadic life along the Spanish coast, where displacement and economic hardship test their intimate bond.

Spain, 1974. A teenager and his father are traveling in a car that is the only property they have. Their life is a continuous move by desolate coastal apartments in the tourism low season. When forced to change route and get away from sea, their lives will change dramatically.

Questions people ask

  • Is Backroads sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Backroads violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Does Backroads end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 63% of films.

  • Is Backroads scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Is Backroads easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

16/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity24

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise11

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like Backroads

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Backroads

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Backroads, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Backroads, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Backroads, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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