El niño de barro (2007)

El Niño de barro (2007) takes place in 1912 Buenos Aires, Argentina. As local authorities are on the hunt for a serial murderer, we see the action through the eyes of ten-year-old Mateo (Juan Ciancio). He's being raised by his mother, Estela (Maribel Verdú), and stepfather, Octavio (Cesar Bordon), who is also a policeman. Mateo is plagued by visions of dead children, each of which is followed by a slaying in real life. Octavio kills a suspect who happens to be a child pornographer, but, even after he's dead, the murders continue. El Niño de barro is stark, dark, and no lark, but Maribel's bare seat makes the heavy stuff go down way more palatably.