Food and Shelter

A single mother struggles to pay the rent and put food on the table for her 10 year old son.

Cast

Natalia de Molina

as Rocío

Mariana Cordero

as Maria

Montse Torrent

Natalia Roig

Mercedes Hoyos

as Antonia

Manuel Tallafé

as Nacho

Vidal Sancho

as Ejecutivo

Gaspar Campuzano

as Adrián

Reviews

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With the Spanish football team's fortunes riding high, all the tousled young "Adrian" (Gaspar Campuzano) wants to do is watch the match on the telly in the flat he shares with his mum "Rocio" (Natalia de Molina). She's keen to oblige but has other more pressing matters on her mind. She is jobless an...

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