FantasyDramaScience Fiction

Moon Child

Adopted by a treacherous semi-scientific cult where extraordinary mental powers are common, extraordinary 12-year-old David begins an archetypal journey across two continents to find his destiny as Child of the Moon.

Release Date : 1989-05-05

Language :Spanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Ganesh Producciones Cinematográficas

Production Country : Spain

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Victoria

Original Name : Maribel Martín

Gender : Female

Character Name : Georgina

Original Name : Lisa Gerrard

Gender : Female

Character Name : Directora

Original Name : Lucia Bosè

Gender : Female

Character Name : Anciana carbonera

Original Name : Mary Carrillo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Abuelo militar

Original Name : Günter Meisner

Gender : Male

Character Name : David

Original Name : Enrique Saldana

Gender : Male

Character Name : Edgar

Original Name : David Sust

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mid-e-mid

Original Name : Heidi Ben Amar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Abuela mora

Original Name : Lydia Azzopardi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Invalid

Original Name : Jack Birkett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hombre 1.º cabaña

Original Name : Lluís Homar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hombre 2.º cabaña

Original Name : Albert Dueso

Gender : Male

Character Name : Director Orfanato

Original Name : Joaquim Cardona

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cuidadora Centro

Original Name : Lydia Zimmermann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hombre Telekinesis

Original Name : Ramon Colomina

Gender : Male

Character Name : Médico 2.º

Original Name : Xesc Barceló

Gender : Male

Character Name : Médico 3.º

Original Name : Javier Navarrete

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hombre 1.º Muelle

Original Name : Jordi Bosch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hombre 2.º Muelle

Original Name : Luciano Federico

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hombre refrescos

Original Name : Llàtzer Escarceller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Esclava negra

Original Name : Lucia De Sousa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Piloto 1.º

Original Name : Paco Villar

Gender : Male

Reviews

CRCulver

@CRCulver

2021-06-23

The protagonist of Augustin Villaronga's 1989 film El niño de la luna (Moonchild) is David (Enrique Saldana), a little orphan with, we're told, mysterious powers usually manifested as telekinesis. One day, David is adopted from the orphange by the stern Ms. Victoria (Maribel Martin), only to find that his new home is a research facility where children like him are studied in an attempt to create some kind of supermen. Hearing that the uncivilized blacks of Africa have a prophecy about a white "child of the moon", the little misfit escapes, taking with him two other research specimens, Edgar (David Sust) and Georgina (Lisa Gerrard, best known as one half of Dead Can Dance). This film has been unavailable for many years and is mainly forgotten. I imagine that most people searching for it are fans of Dead Can Dance wanting to see Lisa Gerrard's only acting credit and hear DCD's film score. Both are disappointments. Gerrard has no especial acting talent and she only succeeds in serving the story here because her character is written as borderline-retarded. Her dialogue is dubbed into Spanish too. For the most part, the soundtrack is generic synthesizer tones, and only at a brief few seconds do we hear material similar to that of their album of the same year THE SERPENT'S EGG. The first half of El niño de la luna is basically shots of David in anguish alternating with foreboding images of the moon. The encounter of David with the black tribe is about as fair a depiction of Sub-Saharan Africa as Tintin in the Congo. This is a bad film, and one that provokes bafflement. We find a godawful script tied to lavish production values (especially set design and costumes). Who put up the money for this? And once it was inexplicably committed to film, who picked this as Spain's official entry for the Cannes Film Festival of that year? These are questions.