El elegido

A Texas motel, night, a television humming. A father and son flee, a cult and authorities in pursuit, strange occurrences unfolding around the child. Nichols grounds sci-fi in the American heartland.

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Jeff Nichols directed El elegido in 2016. See Jeff Nichols's full filmography, where to start with Jeff Nichols, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jeff Nichols.

El elegido was released in 2016 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 112 minutes.