Criando ratas

Criando ratas

Directed by Carlos Salado

Produced by Rubén Ferrández

201678 min5.4 / 10

A bleak portrait of poverty, family dysfunction, and delinquency in post-Franco Spain, rooted in the gritty realism of neokinki cinema.

Latest example of Spanish "neokinki" cinema, which was popular in the late seventies/early eighties, right after the end of Franco's dictatorship. Destructured families of low social classes are the perfect environment for delinquency, drugs, violence and broken lives.

Questions people ask

  • Is Criando ratas sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of films.

  • Is Criando ratas easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Criando ratas end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Criando ratas violent? Yes. More violent than 85% of films.

  • Is Criando ratas scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% 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.

19/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity64

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise7

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love7

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Criando ratas

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Criando ratas

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Criando ratas, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Criando ratas, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Criando ratas, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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