Overview
Genre
DramaRelease Date
January 25, 2010 (Sundance FF)Duration
84 min.Production Budget
$1 millionsStudio
Lionsgate FilmsOfficial Site
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Cast and Crew
Director
Diego LunaProducer
Pablo CruzScreenwriter
Diego Luna, Augusto MendozaStarring
- Jose Maria Yazpik
- Karina Gidi
- Christopher Ruiz-Esparza
- Gerardo Ruiz-Esparza
- Carlos Aragon
Story
Adorable little Abel has problems in the head. His mother collects him from the psychiatric ward hoping not to upset him. She carefully discusses with his teacher how to deal with the absence of Abel's father. The entire family is on pins and needles, worrying about Abel breaking down. But things take an interesting turn when the little boy emphatically carves out a new role for himself in the family-he decides to become the father of the house. Abel transforms the fear his family has about his episodes into the respect due to the head of the household. Oddly enough, it works! That is, until a stranger shows up at the breakfast table, claiming to be Abel's father.
Diego Luna, in his debut effort, crafts a heartwarming tale of the way one family's dynamic works through peculiar means. "Abel" is an entertaining and endearing family drama that manages to infuse its foreboding tone with a delightful sense of humor.
