The Sea and Time
SpanishEl mar y el tiempo
Directed byFernando Fernán Gómez
Screenplay byFernando Fernán Gómez
Based onEl mar y el tiempo
by Fernando Fernán Gómez
Starring
CinematographyJosé Luis Alcaine
Edited byPablo G. de. Amo
Music byMariano Díaz
Production
company
Ion Films
Distributed byUnited International Pictures
Release dates
  • September 1989 (1989-09) (Zinemaldia)
  • 26 September 1989 (1989-09-26) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The Sea and Time (Spanish: El mar y el tiempo) is a 1989 Spanish drama film directed and written by Fernando Fernán Gómez based on his novel of the same name.

Plot

Jesús, the protagonist, is a Spaniard exiled in Argentina who returns to Spain in the spring of 1968 in order to reunite with his family. However, things have changed and the family that awaits him in Spain is very different from the one he left before leaving for Argentina.

Cast

Release

The film screened at the 37th San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1989.[2] Distributed by United International Pictures, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 26 September 1989.[1]

Reception

Ángel Fernández-Santos of El País considered that Fernán-Gómez delivered "a new lesson in complexity disguised as simplicity".[2]

Accolades

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
19904th Goya AwardsBest FilmNominated[3]
Best DirectorFernando Fernán-GómezNominated
Best Adapted ScreenplayFernando Fernán-GómezNominated
Best ActressRafaela AparicioWon
Best ActorFernando Fernán-GómezNominated
Best Supporting ActressMaría AsquerinoWon
Best EditingPablo del AmoNominated
Best Makeup and HairstylesJesús Moncusi, Juan Pedro HernándezNominated
Best Production SupervisionAndrés SantanaNominated
Best SoundEduardo Fernández, Gilles OrtionNominated

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "El mar y el tiempo · España 1989". Adaptaciones de la literatura española en el cine español. Referencias y bibliografía. Retrieved 22 May 2023 – via Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.
  2. 1 2 Fernández-Santos, Ángel (22 September 1989). "Fernán-Gómez combina la sencillez con la hondura en su película 'El mar y el tiempo'". El País.
  3. ↑ "El mar y el tiempo". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 22 May 2023.


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