The Name of the Son

6/12/2026

This is quite a well delivered, soft-focus, story of the young "Lucho" (Tristán Miranda) who has an uneasy relationship with their sister and father. Dad (Daniel Cabot) insists on referring to his son, or to her brother but clearly, if not as yet surgically, there is a fair degree of dysmorphia in the mind of a "Lucho" who is at their most apprehensive on the beach. There's not really much for us watching to go on, and that's perhaps what adds a little poignancy to the proceedings. Fifteen minutes was never going to be enough time to plumb the depths of emotions being felt by father or "son" here, so instead we observe a relationship that is loving, certainly, but constantly being tested. The father is trying to understand but has few, if any, terms of reference and I thought Cabot played