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Cold Winter Sun (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Cold Winter Sun' is a 2004 Spanish drama film directed and written by which stars Unax Ugalde and Marisa Paredes alongside Javier Pereira, Marta Etura, Raquel Prez, and Andrs Gertrdix.
Plot
The fiction is set in an unidentified city. Upon leaving a psychiatric hospital, Adrin (a young man from a well-off family) feels betrayed by his father, who has left the city, leaving his son the family house. He crosses paths with Gonzalo, an outcast who has a complicated relationship with his mother Raquel, a hooker.
Cast
Production
The screenplay was penned by Pablo Malo. The film was produced by (Zine 1). It boasted a budget of around 1.2 million. It was shot in October 2003 in the surroundings of San Sebastin, with some footage shot in Lisbon.
Release
'Cold Winter Sun' premiered at the 52th San Sebastin International Film Festival in September 2004. It also screened at the Via del Mar International Film Festival, 4th 'EuropFilm' Mallorca Film Festival and the 5th Tudela Debut Film Festival. It was theatrically released in Spain on 12 November 2004.
Reception
Nuria Vidal of 'Fotogramas' rated the film 3 of 5 stars deeming it to be a "cold film", "in which the characters live in an absolute loneliness made of strange relationships between each other that gradually unravel".
Casimiro Torreiro of 'El Pas' described 'Cold Winter Sun' as a crime film displaying "a thick tone and a considerably gloomy look", hampered by the overaccumulation of edgy elements which thereby compromise the verisimilitude of a debut film otherwise promising vis--vis its making and the direction of actors.
Accolades
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| rowspan = "4" align = "center" | 2005 || rowspan = "2" | 19th Goya Awards || Best New Director || Pablo Malo || || rowspan = "2" |
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| Best Editing || Antonio Prez Reina ||
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| rowspan = "2" | 14th Actors and Actresses Union Awards || rowspan = "2" | Best Film Actress in a Minor Role || Marta Etura || || rowspan = "2" |
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| Raquel Prez ||
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See also
* List of Spanish films of 2004
References
Category:2004 drama films
Category:2000s Spanish-language films
Category:Spanish drama films
Category:Films shot in the Basque Country (autonomous community)
Category:Films shot in Lisbon
Category:2000s Spanish films
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