A Thousand Peace Clouds Encircle the Sky (2003)
"Mil nubes de paz cercan el cielo, amor, jamás acabarás de ser amor" (original title)

Gerardo, a 17-year old guy has just finished his relationship with Bruno and starts wandering hopeless through the streets of the city. In his wandering he's tortured by images: each ... See full summary »

Director:

Julián Hernández

Writer:

Julián Hernández

Stars:

Salvador Alvarez, Gloria Andrade, Juan Carlos Ortuño

5 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Salvador Alvarez	...	Susana
Gloria Andrade	...	Girl
Llane Fragoso	...	Mirella
Manuel Grapain Zaquelarez	...	Jorge
Martha Gómez	...	Martha
Rosa María Gómez	...	Mary
Marcos Hernández	...	Boy
Salvador Hernández	...	Antonio
Perla De La Rosa	...	Anna
Miguel Loaiza	...	Adrián
Pablo Molina	...	Andrés
Mario Oliver	...	Umberto
Juan Carlos Ortuño	...	Gerardo
Clarissa Rendón	...	Nadia (as Clarisa Rendón)
Pilar Ruíz	...	Lola

Storyline

Gerardo, a 17-year old guy has just finished his relationship with Bruno and starts wandering hopeless through the streets of the city. In his wandering he's tortured by images: each masculine body he sees reminds him of his lover. Gerardo is determined to keep what's left of his dying love. The only comfort he has is a letter that Bruno left him with his boss.

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Plot Keywords:

17 year old | letter | love | eating | prologue | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

2 April 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Thousand Clouds of Peace

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nubes Cine, Cooperativa Cinematográfica Morelos, Titán Producciones

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min 83 min (DVD)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The love theme in this film is a playback of "Nena" as recorded by Sara Montiel for the 1957 film "El Último Cuplé."

User Reviews

Uggh

A very, very, very slow-moving, aimless movie about a distressed, drifting young man. Not sure who was more lost - the flat characters or the audience, nearly half of whom walked out.

Attempting artiness with black & white and clever camera angles, the movie disappointed - became even more ridiculous - as the acting was poor and the plot and lines almost non-existent. Very little music or anything to speak of. The best scene in the movie was when Gerardo is trying to find a song that keeps running through his head. He goes to a used record store to buy it for his lover and has to sing the song for two sales clerks before they find the album. Cute scene gave promise, but it went downhill from there. The rest of the movie lacks art, charm, meaning... If it's about emptiness, it works I guess because it's empty. Wasted two hours.