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Moon Child

Moon Child

5,4 /10 (19 Votes)
1989 ES 118 min

Overview

Adopted by a treacherous semi-scientific cult where extraordinary mental powers are common, extraordinary 12-year-old David begins an archetypal journey across two continents to find his destiny as Child of the Moon.

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Release date

05/05/1989

Votes

19

Popularity

0.6

Status

Released

Original title

El niño de la luna

Language

ES

Runtime

118 min

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CRCulver

2018-09-02

⭐ 2

The protagonist of Augustin Villaronga's 1989 film <i>El niño de la luna</i> (Moonchild) is David (Enrique Saldana), a little orphan with, we're told, mysterious powers usually manifested as telekinesis. One day, David is adopted from the orphange by the stern Ms. Victoria (Maribel Martin), only to find that his new home is a research facility where children like him are studied in an attempt to create some kind of supermen. Hearing that the uncivilized blacks of Africa have a prophecy about a white "child of the moon", the little misfit escapes, taking with him two other research specimens, E…

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