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Zip and Zap and the Captain´s Island (2016) 10

Spain | 2016 | 105 min.

This Christmas, naughty twins Zip and Zap have taken their old tricks too far. Their punishment will be a business trip with their parents to a distant island. But a terrifying storm rolls in and they never reach their destination. Seeking shelter, they find an enormous Victorian mansion which just happens to be a children’s home run by the apparently friendly Miss Pam, but nothing is as it seems…

CountrySpain
Year2016
Duration105 min
Rating10
LanguageSpanish
SubtitleEnglish, Simultanneous transla
Directed by Oskar Santo
Screenplay Jorge A. Lara, Oskar Santo
Director of Photography Daniel Sosa
Music Fernando Velázquez
Edited by Carolina Martínez Urbina
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Biography

A Spanish screenwriter and director. He’s made TV series and short films, e.g. The Tower (Torre, 2000) and Dreamer (El soñador, 2004). He made his debut with the feature drama For the Good of Others (El mal ajeno, 2010) and also directed a pair of adventure films about the siblings Zip & Zap (2013, 2016).

Courage, Family, Friendship, Teamwork, Positive Choices, Action + Adventure, Fantasy, Adults and students