The Color of the Clouds

The Color of the Clouds
The Color of the Clouds
	Theatrical release poster
Spanish	El color de las nubes
Directed by	Mario Camus
Screenplay by	Mario Camus; Miguel Rubio;
Based on	a story by Mario Camus
Starring	Julia Gutiérrez Caba; Ana Duato; Antonio Valero; José Mª Domenech; Simón Andreu; Pedro Barrejón; Adis Suljic; Ramón Langa; Manolo Zarzo; Fernando Valverde;
Cinematography	Jaume Peracaula
Edited by	José M. Biurrun
Music by	Sebastián Mariné
Production; companies	Urbana Films; Sogepaq;
Distributed by	Lauren Films
Release dates	September 1997 (Zinemaldia); 3 October 1997 (Spain);
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

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

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

Julia Gutiérrez Caba as Lola[1]
Ana Duato as Clementina[2]
Antonio Valero as Valerio[2]
José María Domenéch as Colo[2]
Simón Andreu as Quiroga[2]
Pedro Barrejón as Bartolomé[2]
Adis Suljic as Mirsad[2]
Ramón Langa as Mateo[2]
Manuel Zarzo as Pedro[2]
Fernando Valverde as José María[2]
Blanca Portillo[3]

Production

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

Release

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

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


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

References

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.
Caparrós Lera 2005, p. 83.
"El color de las nubes". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
Holland, Jonathan (12 October 1997). "The Color of the Clouds". Variety.
"Guía 'Turismo de Cine en Cantabria', en la Filmoteca, viernes 23 de abril". Cantabria. 21 April 2021.
Fernández-Santos, Ángel (24 September 1997). "Mario Camus sostiene con cimientos de hierro un frágil castillo argumental de naipes".

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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.

[FOOTNOTECaparrós_Lera200583-2] Caparrós Lera 2005, p. 83.

[goya-3] "El color de las nubes". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[holland-4] 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.

[afdezsantos-6] Fernández-Santos, Ángel (24 September 1997). "Mario Camus sostiene con cimientos de hierro un frágil castillo argumental de naipes".