The Replacement
2021 · Movie · 118 min · ★ 6.1
In 1982 Spain, a young police inspector takes a transfer to a quiet Mediterranean town, hoping the calmer setting will help his daughter’s fragile health. But the fresh start is disrupted when he is drawn into investigating the unsettling death of the officer he was sent to replace.
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Details
- Original title
- El sustituto
- Years
- 2021
- Release date
- 2021-10-29
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 118 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (57 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a grounded police mystery with personal stakes and a simmering sense of unease, in the vein of Intacto or Kóblic; Not for you if you prefer light, fast-paced stories.
Pros: tense mystery setup; coastal small-town mood; personal stakes | Cons: limited review info; may feel slow; dark subject matter
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- holocaust (shoah)
- based on true story
- racism
- nazi hunter
- police inspector
- spanish transition
- 1980s
- lung cancer
- nazi war criminal
- denia, alicante
Cast & crew
Ricardo Gómez
as Andrés
Victoria Luengo
as Eva
Pere Ponce
as 'Colombo'
Pol López
as Rafa
Joaquín Climent
as Barea
Nuria Herrero
as Lola
Cristina Perales
as Marica
- HD
Hans-Peter Deppe
as Heim
Frank Feys
as Klaus
Marta Poveda
as Miriam
Directed by Óscar Aibar