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'Ad' is a 2020 Spanish drama film directed by Salvador Calvo, written by Alejandro Hernndez and starring Moustapha Oumarou, Luis Tosar and lvaro Cervantes. The film premiered in Spain on 31 January 2020.

The film won four Goya Awards, including Best Director for Calvo and Best New Actor for Adam Nourou, from a total of thirteen nominations, at the 35th Goya Awards.

Plot



The film intertwines three storylines related to the African immigration to Europe. A six-year-old boy and his older sister make a desperate attempt to flee Benin for Europe, waiting on a runway to smuggle themselves inside an airplane's cargo hold. Not far away, an activist against illegal hunting discovers the terrible scene of a dead elephant, its tusks removed. As well as fighting against illegal poaching, he has to face issues with his daughter, recently arrived in the country. Thousands of miles to the north, in Melilla, a group of civil guards face a mass assault on the Melilla border fence by Africans desperate to gain access to Spain.

Cast



Production



The film is a Telecinco Cinema, Ikiru Films, La Terraza Films, Un Mundo Prohibido AIE and Mogambo production, it had the collaboration of Mediaset Espaa and Mediterrneo Mediaset Espaa Group and funding from ICAA.

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