Like a Bolt of Lightning

5.7
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 105 min
  • Premiere: 1996. November 4.

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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Art

Carlos Dorremochea

Art Direction

Román Rojas

Set Decoration

Federico del Cerro

Set Dresser

Carlos J. Santos

Title Designer

Ramón Moya

Construction Coordinator

Willo Spinola

Set Designer

Beatriz González

Set Designer

Camera

Carlos Miguel

Key Grip

Joaquín Manchado

Steadicam Operator

José Luis Bernal

Camera Trainee

Arturo Aldegunde

Steadicam Operator

Iván Leiva

First Assistant Camera

Julio Leyva

Assistant Camera

Matías Nieto

Still Photographer

Fernando Arribas

Director of Photography

Juan Leiva

Assistant Camera

Christian Molina

Second Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Sonia Grande

Costume Design

Paca Almenara

Makeup Artist

Sergio Armas

Costume Designer

Eli Adánez

Hairstylist

Crew

José Antonio Laguna

Video Assist Operator

Ángel Megino

Transportation Coordinator

Alicia Yubero

Post-Production Manager

Reyes Abades

Special Effects Technician

Directing

Miguel Hermoso

Director

Charina Laguna

Assistant Director Trainee

María Guisado

Assistant Director

J.C. Falcón

Assistant Director Trainee

Montse Ordorica

Script Supervisor

Carlos Lázaro

First Assistant Director

Fernando Sánchez-Izquierdo

Second Assistant Director

Editing

José Ramón Guillén

Assistant Editor

María Luisa López

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Rafael Castro

Electrician

Fernando Beltrán

Electrician

Production

José Luis Olaizola

Associate Producer

Raúl de la Morena

Production Manager

Elena Arnao

Casting

Rafael Díaz-Salgado

Associate Producer

Cayetano Olaizola

Production Assistant

Paloma Porras

Production Assistant

Sound

Sergio Burmann

Sound Assistant

Eduardo Fernández

Sound Mixer

Jaume Puig

Dolby Consultant

Pelayo Gutiérrez

Sound Editor

Manuel Corrales

Sound Effects

Nacho Royo-Villanova

Sound Editor

Writing

Art

Carlos Dorremochea

Art Direction

Román Rojas

Set Decoration

Federico del Cerro

Set Dresser

Carlos J. Santos

Title Designer

Ramón Moya

Construction Coordinator

Willo Spinola

Set Designer

Beatriz González

Set Designer

Camera

Carlos Miguel

Key Grip

Joaquín Manchado

Steadicam Operator

José Luis Bernal

Camera Trainee

Arturo Aldegunde

Steadicam Operator

Iván Leiva

First Assistant Camera

Julio Leyva

Assistant Camera

Matías Nieto

Still Photographer

Fernando Arribas

Director of Photography

Juan Leiva

Assistant Camera

Christian Molina

Second Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Sonia Grande

Costume Design

Paca Almenara

Makeup Artist

Sergio Armas

Costume Designer

Eli Adánez

Hairstylist

Crew

José Antonio Laguna

Video Assist Operator

Ángel Megino

Transportation Coordinator

Alicia Yubero

Post-Production Manager

Reyes Abades

Special Effects Technician

Directing

Miguel Hermoso

Director

Charina Laguna

Assistant Director Trainee

María Guisado

Assistant Director

J.C. Falcón

Assistant Director Trainee

Montse Ordorica

Script Supervisor

Carlos Lázaro

First Assistant Director

Fernando Sánchez-Izquierdo

Second Assistant Director

Editing

José Ramón Guillén

Assistant Editor

María Luisa López

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Rafael Castro

Electrician

Fernando Beltrán

Electrician

Production

José Luis Olaizola

Associate Producer

Raúl de la Morena

Production Manager

Elena Arnao

Casting

Rafael Díaz-Salgado

Associate Producer

Cayetano Olaizola

Production Assistant

Paloma Porras

Production Assistant

Sound

Sergio Burmann

Sound Assistant

Eduardo Fernández

Sound Mixer

Jaume Puig

Dolby Consultant

Pelayo Gutiérrez

Sound Editor

Manuel Corrales

Sound Effects

Nacho Royo-Villanova

Sound Editor

Writing