''Life and Colour'' () is a 2005 Spanish film written and directed by in his feature length directorial debut. Its cast features Junio Valverde,

Silvia Abascal Silvia Abascal Estrada (born 20 March 1979) is a Spanish film, television and stage actress. She landed a breakthrough role in 1995 sitcom '' Pepa y Pepe'' which advanced her career. She has since featured in films such as ''The Yellow Fountain' ...

Miguel Ángel Silvestre (born 6 April 1982) is a Spanish actor. He rose to prominence with his performance as El Duque in ''Sin tetas no hay paraíso (Spanish TV series), Sin tetas no hay paraíso''. He has since played roles in series such as ''Velvet (TV series), Ve ...

, and Joan Dalmau, among others.

Plot

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, 1975. Fede, a fifteen-year-old boy, is getting conscious of his environment little by little: his sister Begoña, unsatisfied with her imminent wedding; his grandfather, who stops dealing with his best friend after the

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; his friend Ramona, a girl with Down syndrome who was raped by her father, a young man who works with his father.

Cast

Release

The film was presented at the 50th

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(Seminci) in October 2005. Distributed by Alta Classics, it was theatrically released in Spain on 5 January 2006.

Reception

Jonathan Holland of ''

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'' deemed the film to be a "powerful, haunting and finely observed debut about life in a rural Spanish village during the last months of General Franco's life".

Accolades

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, , colspan = "2" , Public's Choice Award , , , , , - , align = "center" , 2006 , ,

20th Goya Awards The 20th Goya Awards took place at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos in Madrid, Spain on 29 January 2006. Winners and nominees Major award nominees Other award nominees Honorary Goya * Pedro Masó Pedro Masó Paulet (born 26 Januar ...

, ,

Best New Director ''Best New Director'' was an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle from its first inception in 1989 until discontinuing in 1996. There was no award in 1993. 1980s 1989 *Kenneth Branagh – ''Henry V'' **Runners-up: Steve Kloves – '' ...

, , Santiago Tabernero , , , ,

References

External links

* 2005 films Films set in 1975 2000s Spanish-language films 2005 drama films Films set in Spain Down syndrome in film Spanish drama films 2000s Spanish films 2005 directorial debut films Spanish-language drama films {{2000s-Spain-film-stub