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Son of a Killer
Buy ticketsA raw and deeply affecting portrait of a man striving to leave a life of crime behind through music and boxing, while confronting the deeply buried traumas of his childhood.
Tabaré carries a legacy shaped by violence, betrayal, and institutional failure. At just three years old, he became familiar with the prison system when his father was sentenced to life for a double murder and his mother convicted as an accomplice. Placed in foster care together with his sister, his remaining memories point to a vulnerable upbringing in which repeated warnings went unheeded. When his estranged father reappears and a close friend is murdered, Tabaré is forced to revisit his past in a painful search for truth, accountability, and reconciliation.
- Tobias Åkesson
This film is part of the strand Perspectives
Language
Swedish
Subtitles
English
Original title
Mördarens son
Directors
Jesper Klemedsson Sotomayor, Sebastian Peña Rojas
Producer
Johanna Bratel
Cinematographers
Sebastian Peña Rojas, Jesper Klemedsson Sotomayor
Editor
Kristoffer Elfström
Music
Ronald Heu
Cast
Shattered by his parents’ murder convictions and years in abusive Swedish foster care, Tabaré fights to escape a life of crime through music and boxing. When his estranged father reemerges and a close friend is murdered, he confronts buried trauma, missing records, and a broken system in a raw quest for truth and redemption.