El otro Tom (2021)

Title: The Other Tom

Original Title: El otro Tom

Release Date: 2021-12-31

Status: Released

Rating: 5.4/10 (from 5 votes)

Language: ES

Genres: Drama

Production Companies: Buenaventura Cine, BHD Films

Elena is a single mother dependant on Social Services. Her son Tom has behaviour issues and is stigmatised at school as a "problem child". An absent father further complicates their difficult relationship. Tom is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and given psychiatric medication, but a strange accident alerts his mother as to their side effects. When she refuses to continue administering the drugs to him, Social Services threaten to take Tom from her.