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Like a Bolt of Lightning (1996) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 4, 1996

Original Title:
Como un relámpago

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Canal+ España
Central de Producciones Audiovisuales S.L.
Los Films del Tango
TVE

Production Countries:
Spain

Ratings / Certifications:
ES: 7  RO: AP 

Runtime: 105

Overview from TheMovieDB

Miguel Hermoso's Like Lightning offers a fresh take on a familiar scenario, the teenaged boy searching for his unknown father. Pablo is a typical teen, with a fondness for football and sneaking beers with his buddies. He enjoys a comfortable upper-middle class life with his mother (Assumpta Serna), a successful lawyer and former feminist rabble-rouser, but has a gaping hole at the core of his identity: he has no idea who his father is. Preoccupied with the question to the point of obsession, he sets out in search of answers, and finds himself on a trail that leads to the Canary Islands.

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Production

Art Direction:
Carlos Dorremochea

Assistant Camera:
Julio Leyva
Juan Leiva

Assistant Director:
María Guisado

Assistant Director Trainee:
Charina Laguna
J.C. Falcón

Assistant Editor:
José Ramón Guillén
María Luisa López

Associate Producer:
José Luis Olaizola
Rafael Díaz-Salgado

Camera Trainee:
José Luis Bernal

Casting:
Elena Arnao

Construction Coordinator:
Ramón Moya

Costume Design:
Sonia Grande

Costume Designer:
Sergio Armas

Costumer:
Joaquín Montull

Director:
Miguel Hermoso

Director of Photography:
Fernando Arribas

Dolby Consultant:
Jaume Puig

Editor:
Blanca Guillén

Electrician:
Rafael Castro
Fernando Beltrán

First Assistant Camera:
Iván Leiva

First Assistant Director:
Carlos Lázaro

Gaffer:
Rafael García Martos

Grip:
Miguel Ángel López

Hairstylist:
Eli Adánez

Key Grip:
Carlos Miguel

Line Producer:
Miguel Ángel González

Makeup Artist:
Paca Almenara

Music:
Óscar Gómez
Víctor Reyes

Painter:
Francisco Valero
Juan Carlos Ramos
José Antonio Jiménez

Post-Production Manager:
Alicia Yubero

Production Assistant:
Cayetano Olaizola
Paloma Porras

Production Manager:
Raúl de la Morena

Script Supervisor:
Montse Ordorica

Second Assistant Camera:
Christian Molina

Second Assistant Director:
Fernando Sánchez-Izquierdo

Set Decoration:
Román Rojas

Set Designer:
Willo Spinola
Beatriz González

Set Dresser:
Federico del Cerro
Juan Antonio Torrijos

Sound:
Ricardo Steinberg
Daniel Goldstein

Sound Assistant:
Sergio Burmann

Sound Editor:
Pelayo Gutiérrez
Nacho Royo-Villanova

Sound Effects:
Manuel Corrales

Sound Mixer:
Eduardo Fernández

Special Effects Technician:
Reyes Abades

Steadicam Operator:
Joaquín Manchado
Arturo Aldegunde

Still Photographer:
Matías Nieto

Stunts:
Luis M. Gutiérrez Santos
Ignacio Carreño

Title Designer:
Carlos J. Santos

Transportation Coordinator:
Ángel Megino

Video Assist Operator:
José Antonio Laguna

Visual Effects:
Carlos J. Santos

Writer:
Miguel Hermoso

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