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Adú (2020)

Adú poster
Directed by
Salvador Calvo
Genre
drama film
Country
Spain
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
16
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 299 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three storylines around migration from Africa to Europe connect. A boy tries to cross from Morocco into Spain. A Spanish wildlife agent and a guard clash over how to help people at the border.

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What happens

Adú is a 2020 Spanish drama film directed by Salvador Calvo, written by Alejandro Hernández and starring Moustapha Oumarou, Luis Tosar and Álvaro Cervantes. The film premiered in Spain on 31 January 2020. The film won four Goya Awards, including Best Director for Calvo and Best New Actor for Adam Nourou, from a total of thirteen nominations, at the 35th Goya Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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