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The God of Wood

The God of Wood

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 16, 2010

Runtime

1h 56m

Genres

Drama

User Score

20%

Original Title

El dios de madera

Production Companies

DC Medias, Sagrera Audiovisuals, Metrojavier

Director

Vicente Molina Foix

Description

Yao and Moroccan Rachid arrive illegally in Valencia, Spain, and separate. Yao sells pirated DVDs in the street and wanders disconsolately around the barrio until he glimpses divorcee Maria Luisa working in her boutique. High-strung and irritable, Maria lives with her gay son, Rober, who, like many other things in life, is a disappointment to her. Rachid, meanwhile, is doing just fine working as a hairstylist in a beauty salon; Rober is hopelessly in love with him. When Yao starts sleeping in Rober's flat, a confrontation between him and Maria suddenly becomes inevitable, and when it comes, what could have been an embarrassment is actually handled with grace.