Summer's Clouds
Theatrical release poster
SpanishNubes de verano
Directed byFelipe Vega
Screenplay by
  • Felipe Vega
  • Manuel Hidalgo
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAlfonso Parra
Edited byÁngel Hernández Zoido
Music byJosep Sanou
Production
companies
  • Tornasol Films
  • Messidor Films
Distributed byAlta Classics
Release dates
  • 26 April 2004 (2004-04-26) (Málaga)
  • 30 April 2004 (2004-04-30) (Spain)
CountrySpain
Languages
  • Spanish
  • Catalan

Summer's Clouds (Spanish: Nubes de verano) is a 2004 Spanish drama film directed by Felipe Vega. It features Roberto Enríquez, Natalia Millán, David Selvas, Irene Montalà, and Roger Casamajor.

Plot

Set in the Costa Brava, in the Baix Empordà, a couple from Madrid (Ana and Daniel) and their son (Manuel) move in there to have a Summer vacation, coming across local Marta, Marta's boyfriend Tomás and cousin Robert.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The film is a Tornasol Films and Messidor Films production.[4] Shooting began in 2003 in Costa Brava, Catalonia.[6] It features dialogue in Spanish and Catalan.[4]

Release

The film was presented at the 7th Málaga Film Festival in April 2004.[1] Distributed by Alta Classics,[4] it was released theatrically in Spain on 30 April 2004.[3]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed Summer's Clouds to be an "satisfyingly rounded and thought-provoking piece, gratifying both heart and head".[4]

Nuria Vidal of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting the discovery of Millán and Montalà as the best thing about the film.[3]

Alberto Bermejo of El Mundo rated the film with 4 stars, writing that it "shows with beautiful simplicity how complex people can be, and are."[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Amenaza de chaparrón y años de diluvio en el Festival de Málaga". El Mundo. 26 April 2004.
  2. ↑ Elices, Raquel (5 August 2022). "La película de Eric Rohmer "a la española" que es perfecta para este verano". rtve.es.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Vidal, Nuria (29 May 2008). "Nubes de verano". Fotogramas.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Holland, Jonathan (4 March 2004). "Summer's Clouds". Variety.
  5. ↑ "Michelle Jenner, de niña del doblaje a reina de la televisión". Lecturas. 18 September 2014.
  6. ↑ Ramos Martín, Manuel (6 June 2023). "Felipe Vega filma una comedia melancólica". El País.
  7. ↑ Bermejo, Alberto (7 May 2004). "Adultos de vacaciones". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
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