Color de las nubes, El (1997)

Director:

Mario Camus

Writers:

Mario Camus (screenplay)
Mario Camus (story)
(more)

Release Date:

4 October 1997 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Awards:

4 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Julia Gutiérrez Caba	...	Lola
Ana Duato	...	Tina
Antonio Valero	...	Valerio
Josep Maria Domènech	...	Colo
Simón Andreu	...	Quiroga
Pedro Barrejón	...	Bartolomé
Adis Suijic	...	Mirsad
Ramón Langa	...	Mateo
Manuel Zarzo	...	Pedro
Fernando Valverde	...	José María
Blanca Portillo	...	Madre
Miguel Arribas	...	Ex Policía
Antonio Dechent	...	Conductor
Joaquín Climent	...	Padre
José Antonio Correa	...	Dueño taberna
Manuel Bronchud	...	Jugador 1
Carlos Alcalde	...	Hombre banda
Marta Dualde	...	Redactora
Julio Vélez	...	Amigo Madre
Begoña Hernando	...	Encargada
Fabiola Toledo	...	Presentadora
Ramón Serrada	...	Jugador Dos
Antonio Del Olmo	...	Cipriano
Víctor Rivas	...	Hombre Vivero
Víctor Sánchez	...	Camionero
Fernando Escobedo	...	Guardaespaldas
José Antonio Díaz	...	Otro Guardaespaldas
Sergio Reventun	...	Policía
José María Fernández	...	Policía Judicial
Santiago Paul	...	Juez
Pedro Fuentes	...	Policía
Pedro De Llano	...	Policía (as Pedro Llano)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Amparo Gómez Ramos	...	Vecina

Directed by
Mario Camus

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mario Camus		screenplay
Mario Camus		story
Miguel Rubio		writer

Produced by
Pilar Ruiz	....	producer

Original Music by
Sebastián Mariné

Cinematography by
Jaume Peracaula

Film Editing by
José María Biurrún

Casting by
Teresa Escandell

Art Direction by
Antonio Cortés

Costume Design by
María José Iglesias

Makeup Department
Mary Luz Cabrer	....	makeup artist (as Milu Cabrer)
Ester Nin	....	hair stylist (as Esther Nin)

Production Management
José Luis Álvarez	....	unit production manager
Teresa Cepeda	....	assistant production manager
Gregorio Hebrero	....	production manager
Iñaki Rubio	....	assistant production manager
Marcos Ruiz Abreu	....	assistant production manager trainee (as Marcos Ruiz)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gonzalo Baz	....	second assistant director
Guillermo Escribano	....	second second assistant director
Miguel Ángel Fernández	....	assistant director: second unit
David Martínez	....	first assistant director
Ana Pérez	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Marta Agulló	....	assistant art director
José Luis Álvarez	....	property master
Pablo Fernández	....	set dresser
Tachín Serrano	....	carpenter
Tachín Serrano	....	painter

Sound Department
Luis Castro	....	sound effects
Carlos Culebras	....	boom operator
Antonio Esquivel	....	sound mixer
Claudio García	....	sound effects editor
Jaime Puig	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Julio Recuero	....	direct sound

Special Effects by
Antonio Molina	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Carlos J. Santos	....	opticals

Stunts
Juan Maján	....	stunts
Jesús Riarán	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Juan Carrión	....	electrician
Gustavo de la Fuente	....	camera trainee
José Antonio Fernández	....	gaffer (as José A. Fernández)
Joaquín Hidalgo	....	second assistant camera
Julio Madurga	....	camera operator
Joaquín Manchado	....	camera operator: second unit
Matías Nieto	....	still photographer
Fernando Perrote	....	first assistant camera
Francisco Ramos	....	key grip
Juan Matías Ramos	....	assistant steadicam
Alberto Sánchez Beltrán	....	electrician (as Alberto Sánchez)
Joaquín Carlos Sánchez	....	electrician
Joaquín Sánchez	....	electrician (as Joaquín Carlos Sánchez)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Maribel Pérez	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Julia Salvador	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Óscar Clavel	....	music mixer
Óscar Clavel	....	music recordist
José A. Fernández	....	music mixer
José A. Fernández	....	music recordist

Transportation Department
Antonio Fernández	....	driver
Juan Luis Grande	....	driver
Ángel Megino	....	transportation coordinator
Enrique Pérez	....	driver
Pedro Ángel Sánchez	....	driver
Víctor Sánchez	....	driver

Other crew
Teresa Cepeda	....	production assistant
Ángel Gómez	....	security officer
Roberto González	....	security officer
Ricardo Guerrero	....	press attache
José Luis López	....	production accountant
María F. Martín	....	cleaning woman
Francisco Javier Prieto	....	cashier (as Francisco J. Prieto)
Iñaki Rubio	....	production assistant
Marcos Ruiz Abreu	....	trainee production assistant (as Marcos Ruiz)
Jesús Ruiz	....	script supervisor
Juan Sánchez	....	advisor
Carlos J. Santos	....	title designer
Ana Sanz Magallón	....	production secretary (uncredited)

Thanks
Luis Expósito	....	thanks
Julio Martín Jaiva	....	dedicatee
Carmen Morán	....	thanks
Juan Movellán	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Sogepaq
• Urbana Films S.L.

Other Companies

• Perís Hermanos  wardrobe

Also Known As:

The Color of the Clouds (USA)

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Company:

Sogepaq

Seemingly disjointed at first - but coherent in the end

This is a somewhat complicated little piece as `El Color de las Nubes' tends to tie up different stories which all come together in time for `The End'. It is as if Mario Camus (his masterpiece is `Los Santos Inocentes' 1984, qv) intended trying out all kinds of cinematographic techniques all in one go, such that cottoning on to any possible sequence is initially not so easy. However, bear with it: the result is reasonably satisfying.

A young lad in Madrid is tossed back and forth between his divorced parents and manages to wangle his way into a group of Bosnian children refugees and thus gets sent to a large country house in Cantabria, Northern Spain, where he gets involved in the three other stories intermingling among each other, seemingly disconnected at first. So pay attention or you will miss how all this ends up in a coherent package. Am not particularly keen on Ana Duato, but must admit that in this film the further you get into the story the more convincing - and pleasing - she becomes. At least it is refreshing to see her without Imanol Arias....!! Julia Gutiérrez Caba is of course admirable as always, though in this case one could surmise she is in a part that might be considered atypical for her. Full marks to both lads - Pedro Barrejón and the Bosnian Adis Suijic, and the secondary actors are all pretty good, convincing.

What is spectacular is the photography: how could it be otherwise in all the splendid, glorious scenery of Cantabria? Most of the film is made in the small city of San Vicente de la Barquera in the extreme west of this beautiful province, and thus almost exactly in the middle of Spain's northern Cantabrian coastline. I could hardly think of a better place for your summer holidays: there is so much to see and do all around you, such beautiful landscapes within easy reach by car, nearly all protected natural reserves and parks, as well as the famous nearby prehistoric caves in Santillana del Mar (mentioned in this film). And if you have the luck to have some warm sunny days, there are plenty of beautiful beaches to choose from. Fly into Bilbao if you can and take the FEVE (narrow gauge railway) meandering along the coastline - we see one in the film! It takes hours, but what a wonderful way of travelling! If you have to fly into Madrid, take the `Alsa' bus north.