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

Mil nubes... of what?

A terrible deception: controversial film, winner of the Teddy in Berlin 2003, Mil nubes de paz turned out to be a fiasco. The actors are all reciting (well, they are not exactly actors); the film tried to be a high bet but ends up being a doubtful bet: it stays in the superficiality of two guys kissing and a guy whose lover is gone; it has no purpose: nothing to do with the homo-sexuality presented in other films (e.g. Before Night Falls (2000) by Julian Schnabel). Technically the only thing that works is the photography; otherwise, the camera is put in strange angles (to make it more `art-film') and the whole film runs in a black and white atmosphere. The film is so pretentious that bothers. I mean, it's good to be pretentious when you have talent to support it. Or maybe it is that it's so art-cinema that it's incomprehensible. The story flows slowly, slowly, slowly. To me, more form than essence. Superb edition? It was good. Superb direction? Don't think so: the film is weak. It was an interesting project. It's a shame. It's a flaw. One star out of four.