Underplayed Gems

El padre de Caín (2016)

El padre de Caín poster
Directed by
Salvador Calvo
Genre
historical fiction
Country
Spain
Length
1 season, 2 episodes
Rated
16
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1970s Spain, a young man joins the police force and gets involved with a secret unit that carries out assassinations. The story follows his moral struggles as he realizes the dark nature of his work.

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What happens

El padre de Caín is a two-part Spanish television miniseries directed by Salvador Calvo adapting the novel of the same name by Rafael Vera. It stars Quim Gutiérrez, Aura Garrido and Oona Chaplin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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