I won't give anything away, but a Spanish kid is found by a passing motorist staggering down a country road with blood on his face. The cops investigate. He's deaf. His mother, a prominent lawyer, translates sign language for the police. The kid says he was kidnapped as he went to enter his big exclusive private school. He describes the guy who did it and identifies him from a photo.
The mother is alarmed that police can't arrest the guy. She thinks for pretty good reason that he's a danger to her son, so she goes to her former boyfriend who also happens to be the kid's father and pays him to do something about it. But things go from bad to worse for a variety of reasons.
Other than the cops and the maid who gets hit over the head (that's a teaser, not a spoiler) the suspected kidnapper who is involved with the dog fighting ring was the most innocent one in the movie.
Generally, when there's a child involved, you know nothing's going to happen to him, but with the Spaniards, who knows.
Thought the ending was a bit much. But what do I know.
Actress playing the mother seemed a little old. I wondered how they filmed the dog fighting scene.
It surprised me was how popular Chryslers are in Spain. It was a Citroen that broke down at a crucial moment. Public restrooms in Spain provide much more privacy than ours and they have an inquisitorial judicial system which is different.
Available for instant viewing on Netflix.
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