Boy Missing
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{{Infobox film
| image = Boy Missing poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|Secuestro|nolink=yes}}
| director = Mar Targarona
| writer = Oriol Paulo
| producer = {{ubl|Mar Targarona|Joaquín Padró}}
| starring = {{ubl|Blanca Portillo|Antonio Dechent|Vicente Romero|Andrés Herrera|Nausicaa Bonnín|Macarena Gómez|José Coronado|José M. Pou|Marc Doménech}}
| cinematography = Sergi Bartrolí
| editing = Juan Manuel Vilaseca
| music = Marc Vaillo
| studio = Rodar y Rodar
| distributor = Sony Pictures Releasing de España
| released = {{Film date|2016|08|19|df=yes}}
| runtime = 105 minutes
| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
}}
Boy Missing ({{langx|es|Secuestro|lit=Kidnapping|links=no}}){{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/06/motion-picture-academy-819-new-members-diversity-record-1202974231/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=30 June 2020|title=Motion Picture Academy Invites 819 New Members, Surpasses Five Year Diversity Goal, Vows To Advance Inclusion Efforts|first=Pete|last=Hammond}} is a 2016 Spanish mystery thriller film directed by Mar Targarona from a screenplay by Oriol Paulo, starring Blanca Portillo.
Premise
Disabled boy Víctor goes missing to the utter distress of his mother, lawyer Patricia de Lucas. Víctor reappears and claims he had been kidnapped by a man, but the alleged kidnapper walks free for lack of evidence. Patricia decides to take justice into her own hands.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Blanca Portillo as Patricia de Lucas{{Cite web|url=https://www.huelvainformacion.es/opinion/articulos/Madre-justiciera_0_1057094524.html|website=Huelva Información|title=Madre y justiciera|date=25 August 2016}}
- Marc Doménech as Víctor
- Antonio Dechent as Ernesto Requena
- Vicente Romero as Carreño
- Macarena Gómez as Raquel
- Andrés Herrera as Charlie
- José Coronado as Raúl
- Nausicaa Bonnín as Vicky
- José María Pou as juez
}}
Production
The film was produced by Rodar y Rodar and it had the participation of RTVE, Cosmopolitan TV, TVC, and Movistar+.{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/cultura/cine-00128/noticia-trailer-definitivo-espanol-secuestro-jose-coronado-blanca-portillo-20160624160713.html|website=Europa Press|date=24 June 2016|title=Tráiler definitivo de 'Secuestro', con José Coronado y Blanca Portillo}}
Shooting locations in Catalonia included Barcelona, Tarragona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Tavertet, and Terrassa.{{Cite web|date=18 August 2016|title="Secuestro" s'estrena demà als cinemes|website=Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals|url=https://www.ccma.cat/premsa/secuestro-sestrena-dema-als-cinemes/nota-de-premsa/2745576/}}
Release
Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing de España,{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/secuestro-estreno-en-cines-19-de-agosto/|website=Audiovisual451|title=‘Secuestro’ – estreno en cines 19 de agosto|date=15 August 2016}} the film was released theatrically in Spain on 19 August 2016. It grossed €304,020 in its opening weekend.{{Cite web|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/la-taquilla-recupera-un-10-por-ciento-con-mascotas-y-el-empuje-de-tres-estrenos-en-el-top-5/|website=Audiovisual451|title=La taquilla recupera un 10 por ciento con ‘Mascotas’ y el empuje de tres estrenos en el ‘Top 5’|date=24 August 2016}}
Reception
{{ill|Jordi Costa|es}} of El País wrote that "any resemblance between this film and an incisive reading of our reality seems purely coincidental", with the outcome turning out to be "a string of plot twists and turns" and "a cast of dedicated actors" "trying to swim against the currents of implausibility".{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2016/08/18/actualidad/1471534410_296806.html|title=Un thriller sin mirada|first=Jordi|last=Costa|date=19 August 2016|website=El País}}
Marta Medina of El Confidencial assessed that Targarona does not get the mise-en-scène to work well, with "the candor of some of the directorial bets significantly detracting from the result", some attempts at originality notwithstanding.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/cine/2016-08-19/secuestro-estreno-blanca-portillo-jose-coronado-thriller-policial_1248433/|website=El Confidencial|first=Marta|last=Medina|title='Secuestro': mentiras, tiroteos y Blanca Portillo al borde del precipicio|date=19 August 2016}}
Pere Vall of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting Portillo and the quinqui couple formed by Herrera and Gómez as the best things about the film.{{Cite web|date=20 April 2016|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a14714680/secuestro-2016/|website=Fotogramas|first=Pere|last=Vall|title=Secuestro (2016)}}
Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas rated the film with 50 points ('so so') deeming it to be "a thriller that finds its ballast in its key pieces: script, direction of actors and narrative fluidity".{{Cite web|url=https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reviews/secuestro-critica-pelicula-protagonizada-blanca-portillo-jose-coronado-64634|title=Secuestro - Crítica de la película protagonizada por Blanca Portillo y José Coronado|website=HobbyConsolas|first=Raquel|last=Hernández Luján|date=17 August 2016}}
Manuel J. Lombardo of Diario de Sevilla wrote about "the tonal and argumental nonsense of a film in which every element becomes a cliché·.{{Cite web|website=Diario de Sevilla|publisher=Grupo Joly|date=21 August 2016|title="Con la colaboración de José Coronado"|first=Manuel J.|last=Lombardo|url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/ocio/colaboracion-Jose-Coronado_0_1055894927.html}}
See also
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