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 Gutierrez Caba ; Ana Duato ; Antonio Valero ; Jose Mª Domenech ; Simon Andreu ; Pedro Barrejon ; Adis Suljic ; Ramon Langa ; Manolo Zarzo ; Fernando Valverde ;
Cinematography	Jaume Peracaula
Edited by	Jose M. Biurrun
Music by	Sebastian Marine
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 Gutierrez Caba , Ana Duato , Antonio Valero , and Jose Maria Domenech.

Plot [ edit ]

The plot revolves around a house in a Cantabrian village owned by Dona 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 Bartolome), 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 [ edit ]

Julia Gutierrez Caba as Lola ^[1]
Ana Duato as Clementina ^[2]
Antonio Valero as Valerio ^[2]
Jose Maria Domenech [ ca ] as Colo ^[2]
Simon Andreu as Quiroga ^[2]
Pedro Barrejon as Bartolome ^[2]
Adis Suljic as Mirsad ^[2]
Ramon Langa [ es ] as Mateo ^[2]
Manuel Zarzo as Pedro ^[2]
Fernando Valverde as Jose Maria ^[2]
Blanca Portillo ^[3]

Production [ edit ]

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

Release [ edit ]

Selected in the 45th San Sebastian 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 [ edit ]

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]

Angel Fernandez-Santos of El Pais 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 [ edit ]


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

References [ edit ]

^ Caparros Lera, Jose Maria (2005). La Pantalla Popular. El cine espanol durante el Gobierno de la derecha (1996-2003) . Tres Cantos: Ediciones Akal . p. 83. ISBN 978-84-460-2414-9 .
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Caparros Lera 2005 , p. 83.
^ ^a ^b "El color de las nubes" . premiosgoya.com . Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematograficas de Espana . Retrieved 12 August 2022 .
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Holland, Jonathan (12 October 1997). "The Color of the Clouds" . Variety .
^ "Guia 'Turismo de Cine en Cantabria', en la Filmoteca, viernes 23 de abril" . Cantabria . 21 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b Fernandez-Santos, Angel (24 September 1997). "Mario Camus sostiene con cimientos de hierro un fragil castillo argumental de naipes" .

[1] Caparros Lera, Jose Maria (2005). La Pantalla Popular. El cine espanol durante el Gobierno de la derecha (1996-2003) . Tres Cantos: Ediciones Akal . p. 83. ISBN 978-84-460-2414-9 .

[FOOTNOTECaparrós_Lera200583-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Caparros Lera 2005 , p. 83.

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

[holland-4] Holland, Jonathan (12 October 1997). "The Color of the Clouds" . Variety .

[5] "Guia 'Turismo de Cine en Cantabria', en la Filmoteca, viernes 23 de abril" . Cantabria . 21 April 2021.

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

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Films directed	With the East Wind (1966, also written) Let Them Talk (1968, also written) The Wind's Fierce (1970, also written) Los dias del pasado (1978, also written) La colmena (1982) The Holy Innocents (1984, also written) The House of Bernarda Alba (1987, also written) Shadows in a Conflict (1993, also written) The Color of the Clouds (1997, also written) The Field of Stars (2007, also written)
Films written	The Delinquents (1960) Weeping for a Bandit (1964) Werther (1986) Prince of Shadows (1991) The Bird of Happiness (1993) Beyond the Garden (1996) Roma (2004)
TV series directed	Fortunata y Jacinta (1980, also written) La forja de un rebelde (1990, also written)