Black Bread

Black Bread

The lies of adults raise little monsters.

Directed by Agustí Villaronga

Produced by Massa d'Or Produccions, TV3

2010108 min6.7 / 10

A bleak coming-of-age tragedy set in post-Civil War Catalonia, where a child's moral awakening unfolds amid corruption, prejudice, and the discovery of his own capacity for cruelty.

In the harsh post-war years' Catalan countryside, Andreu, a child that belongs to the losing side, finds the corpses of a man and his son in the forest. The authorities want his father to be made responsible of the deaths, but Andreu tries to help his father by finding out who truly killed them. In this search, Andreu develops a moral consciousness against a world of adults fed by lies. In order to survive, he betrays his own roots and ends up finding out the monster that lives within him.

Questions people ask

  • Is Black Bread sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Black Bread scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Does Black Bread end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Black Bread violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is Black Bread easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

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.

37/ 100

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Rarity27

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Surprise33

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Love55

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