Life and Colour

Life and Colour (Spanish: Vida y color) is a 2005 Spanish film written and directed by Santiago Tabernero in his feature length directorial debut.[1] Its cast features Junio Valverde, Silvia Abascal, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, and Joan Dalmau, among others.

Life and Colour
Theatrical release poster
SpanishVida y color
Directed bySantiago Tabernero
Written bySantiago Tabernero
Produced by
  • Loris Omedes
  • Gaizka Urresti
  • Luis Ángel Ramírez
Starring
CinematographyJosé Luis Alcaine
Edited byJosé Salcedo
Music byMatthew Herbert
Production
companies
  • Imval Producciones
  • Bausan Films
  • La Filmería
Distributed byAlta Classics
Release dates
  • 24 October 2005 (2005-10-24) (Seminci)
  • 5 January 2006 (2006-01-05) (Spain)
Running time
100 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Plot

Spain, 1975.[1] Fede, a fifteen-year-old boy, is getting conscious of his environment little by little: his sister Begoña, unsatisfied with her imminent wedding; his grandfather, who stops dealing with his best friend after the Spanish Civil War; his friend Ramona, a girl with Down syndrome who was raped by her father, a young man who works with his father.

Cast

Release

The film was presented at the 50th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) in October 2005.[6] Distributed by Alta Classics,[5] it was theatrically released in Spain on 5 January 2006.[2]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be a "powerful, haunting and finely observed debut about life in a rural Spanish village during the last months of General Franco's life".[5]

Accolades
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
200550th Valladolid International Film FestivalPublic's Choice AwardWon[1]
200620th Goya AwardsBest New DirectorSantiago TaberneroNominated[7]

See also

References
  1. "Tabernero abre el ciclo de cine en Actual 2006 con el pre-estreno de su "opera prima" 'Vida y color'". Europa Press. 2 January 2006.
  2. Torreiro, Mirito (29 May 2008). "Vida y color". Fotogramas.
  3. "Santiago Tabernero debuta como director con 'Vida y color', una historia de iniciación ambientada en 1975". Europa Press. 4 January 2006.
  4. Jiménez Acevedo, Luis Alberto (2014). La discapacidad en el cine en 363 películas (PDF). Fundación ONCE. p. 36. ISBN 978-84-88934-32-1.
  5. Holland, Jonathan (7 March 2006). "Life and Color". Variety.
  6. "Tabernero presenta en la Seminci ´Vida y color´". Córdoba. Prensa Ibérica. 25 October 2005.
  7. "Vida y color". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
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