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Pol (Oriol Pla) is shy at school and his only friend is Laia (Roser Tapias), a classmate who is secretly in love with him. Life goes along normally until Ikari (Augustus Prew) captivates Pol, drawing him into his dark aura.

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Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 08/22/2019
A nightmarish coming-out tale, the strange and surreal take a subdued backseat to dry humor, though a prescient uneasiness always seems to gnaw at the outskirts of the action. Go to Full Review Deirdre Crimmins Film Thrills 08/21/2018
I typically have to put a lot of effort into caring about teenagers, it is easy to care about Pol. He isn't lost, of trying to find himself like many predictable teens in films, but rather he is curious and along for the ride when it comes to his time. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Ty N 11/23/2023 It's brimming with its own dark energy. See more nefasto r @Nefasto 12/26/2019 Surreal, independent Catalan film that stayed with me much longer than expected. See more jake s 12/14/2013 An intensely eerie, Gun Van Sant-esque, Spanish version of "Ted". So crazy. See more 08/24/2013 "Animals" is about adolescent's anxiety of coming-of-age, life taking-off rather than simply a 'gay movie'. See more 02/23/2013 Como guion, excepcional! Las actuaciones (especialmente la chica que salio en la serie EL BARCO y la colaboracion de mi idolo Martin Freeman como maestro de ingles de esa high school llena de conflictos) estuvieron fuera de liga! La simbologia detras de cada personaje entrelazada con el aspecto animal me parecio increible y surreal (very well done really!). Sinceramente mis respetos a esta produccion, al fotografo, editor de video, iluminador, vestuarista, el titerero (VFX y digo titerero porque el oso en un momento dado se ve que fue manejado). Todos estuvieron fenomenales, parfait! Loved it! I hope it had win something on the festivals it was in and is still in! (right now I think it will be out in Russia this 2013!). I'm glad I was lucky to see this film and will recommend it because it's a movie that blows open minds trully! Yes, it's a movie that must be seen with an open mind, clear view and yes, if you know or have past for any of this situations, you will love it and will understand what this characters are passing by, including the principal one "Pol"(character/role). AU REVOIR MES AMIS DU 7th L'ART! PD: Why spanglish? Because this movie I think it was in Catalan, but saw it in CASTELLANO (SPAIN accent, or one of their languages, since for them is not accent at all, but for me it is, es un revolu, ignore it). Anyway, because I want it to write it in spanglish for a spanish movie and my spanish friends :) - February 23, 2013. If you are in Russia this year, and have a moment, see this movie when it comes out in February 28, 2013. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Marçal Forés

Director

Oriol Pla

Pol

Roser Tapias

Laia

Augustus Prew

Ikari

Dimitri Leonidas

Mark

Javier Beltran

Llorenç
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Synopsis Pol (Oriol Pla) is shy at school and his only friend is Laia (Roser Tapias), a classmate who is secretly in love with him. Life goes along normally until Ikari (Augustus Prew) captivates Pol, drawing him into his dark aura.
Director
Marçal Forés
Screenwriter
Marçal Forés, Enric Pardo, Aintza Serra
Distributor
Artsploitation Films
Production Co
Institut Catala de Finances, Instituto de Crédito Oficial, Televisio de Catalunya, ESCAC Films, Television Espanola, Escandalo Films, Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
Original Language
Catalan
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 15, 2013, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 28, 2016
Runtime
1h 40m
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