The Name of Things
2022, Spanish. Directed by Diego Escobar.
Told in a whisper, this quiet and diaristic film explores toxic masculinity through personal narrative, family legacy, and video games. El nombre de las cosas speaks aloud the unspoken and unspeakable, to give a name to traumas in order to heal them. Deeply poetic and disarmingly honest, director Diego Escobar uses his own story to address a widespread problem of inherited male aggression and all the ways families – and society – cope with and adapt to its toxicity.
- Runtime
- 0h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 26 January 2022
- Original title
- El nombre de las cosas
- Country
- Chile
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The Name of Things runs 42 minutes (0h 42m).
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The Name of Things isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 January 2022. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Name of Things?
If you liked The Name of Things, try Pain and Glory, Bad Education, The Souvenir.
Who directed The Name of Things?
The Name of Things (2022) was directed by Diego Escobar.