Summer Rain (2006 film)

Summer Rain (Spanish: El camino de los ingleses, lit. 'Englishmen's Road') is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by Spanish actor Antonio Banderas from a screenplay by Antonio Soler, based on his novel of the same name.

Summer Rain
Theatrical release poster
SpanishEl camino de los ingleses
Directed byAntonio Banderas
Screenplay byAntonio Soler
Based onSummer Rain
by Antonio Soler
Produced byAntonio Banderas
Starring
CinematographyXavi Giménez
Edited byMercedes Alted
Music byAntonio Meliveo
Production
companies
  • Green Moon Productions
  • Sogecine
  • Future Films
Distributed bySogepaq
Release date
  • 1 December 2006 (2006-12-01) (Spain)
Running time
118 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
  • United States[1]
LanguageSpanish
Box office$2.4 million[2]
Antonio Banderas and the cast of Summer Rain at the 2006 Málaga Film Festival

Plot

The film takes place in 1978 in Málaga, Spain, and depicts the life of teenager Miguelito Dávila, who after suffering from kidney disease and spending some time at the hospital, has learned such classic poetry as Dante's Divine Comedy and dreams of leaving his job at a hardware store and pursuing his dream of becoming a poet.

One summer, he hangs out with his childhood friends Babirusa, Paco Frontón and Moratalla, until he meets a girl called Luli at the swimming pool, and the two start dating. Luli would love to become a professional dancer, and is best friends with "La cuerpo", who fancies Miguelito's posh friend Paco. The two couples spend time together swimming, and they gradually experiment with other distractions.

Miguelito later meets an older teacher, who is interested in his talent, and begins an affair with her around the same time that Cardona, an older and apparently richer man, starts courting Luli with the promise of helping her career as a dancer.

Cast

References
  1. "Summer Rain (El camino de los ingleses)". Cineuropa. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. "Summer Rain (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 11 January 2022.


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