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The Color of the Clouds

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The Color of the Clouds
Theatrical release poster
SpanishEl color de las nubes
Directed byMario Camus
Screenplay by
  • Mario Camus
  • Miguel Rubio
Based ona story by Mario Camus
Starring
CinematographyJaume Peracaula
Edited byJosé M. Biurrun
Music bySebastián Mariné
Production
companies
  • Urbana Films
  • Sogepaq
Distributed byLauren Films
Release dates
  • September 1997 (1997-09) (Zinemaldia)
  • 3 October 1997 (1997-10-03) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The Color of the Clouds (Spanish: El color de las nubes) is a 1997 Spanish drama film directed by Mario Camus which stars Julia Gutiérrez Caba, Ana Duato, Antonio Valero, and José María Doménech.

Plot

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The plot revolves around a house in a Cantabrian village owned by Doña Lola, from which a series of intertwined subplots spawn. Lola and her niece Clementina agree on hosting a Bosnian refugee child (sabotaged by impostor kid Bartolomé), an old fisherman and Lola's friend (Colo) finds a drug cache nearby, the former house owner's son tries to evict Lola, and Clementina develops a romance with a lawyer (Valerio).

Cast

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Production

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The film was produced by Urbana Films alongside Sogepaq.[4] It was shot in Cantabria.[5]

Release

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Selected in the 45th San Sebastián International Film Festival's official selection, the film premiered in September 1997.[6][4] Distributed by Lauren Films,[4] it was theatrically released in Spain on 3 October 1997.[2]

Reception

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Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be Camus' best for some years, "a complex but uncomplicated, lyrical but hard-edged adventure-cum-mood piece, with the kind of luminous maturity and compassion to seduce offshore arthouse auds".[4]

Ángel Fernández-Santos of El País considered that Camus manages to "firmly hold on a fairly complex but fragile storyline", with the result of a "noble and solid Spanish film".[6]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
1998 12th Goya Awards Best Actress Julia Gutiérrez Caba Nominated [3]
Best Supporting Actor Antonio Valero Nominated
Best New Actress Blanca Portillo Nominated
Best Cinematography Jaume Peracaula Won
Best Editing José María Biurrun Nominated
Best Art Direction Antonio Cortés Nominated

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Caparrós Lera, José María (2005). La Pantalla Popular. El cine español durante el Gobierno de la derecha (1996-2003). Tres Cantos: Ediciones Akal. p. 83. ISBN 978-84-460-2414-9.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Caparrós Lera 2005, p. 83.
  3. ^ a b "El color de las nubes". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d Holland, Jonathan (12 October 1997). "The Color of the Clouds". Variety.
  5. ^ "Guía 'Turismo de Cine en Cantabria', en la Filmoteca, viernes 23 de abril". Cantabria. 21 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b Fernández-Santos, Ángel (24 September 1997). "Mario Camus sostiene con cimientos de hierro un frágil castillo argumental de naipes".