'The Child': Netflix trailer for drama about a gas explosion in the Basque Country
Mariano Barroso adapts a novel by Fernando Aramburu: Belén Cuesta and Karra Elejalde grieve for the same child. It opens in Spanish cinemas on Nov. 13 and streams on Netflix from Nov. 27.
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Netflix has released the official trailer for 'The Child'. The drama is based on a novel by Spanish writer Fernando Aramburu. Its story is fictional but set against a real gas explosion in October 1980 in a town in the Basque Country that killed several children.
Goya winners Belén Cuesta and Karra Elejalde play Mariaje and Nicasio, the mother and grandfather of one of the children who died. Each of them searches in their own way for a path to live on after the loss. The cast also includes Pep Ambròs, Raquel Ferri, Joan Solé and Alex Infantes.
Mariano Barroso directs from his own screenplay and produces with Rafael Portela of Umea Films. According to Netflix, the film opens in cinemas in Spain on Nov. 13 and streams on Netflix from Nov. 27.