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Time of Happiness
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Wikipedia article
'Time of Happiness' is a 1997 Spanish film directed and written by . Its cast features Vernica Forqu, Silvia Abascal, Mara Adnez, Carlos Fuentes, Pepn Nieto, Liberto Rabal, Fele Martnez, and Antonio Resines, among others.
Plot
The fiction is set in Ibiza in the Summer of 1970, with the backdrop of the hippy counterculture and the topic of free love. It tracks a "disfunctional" nuclear family (consisting of Julia and Fernando as well as their four children Cucho, Elena, Vernica and Juan) and their romantic and sexual endeavours in the island.
Cast
Production
The film is a Sogecine and Central de Producciones Audiovisuales production. While set in Ibiza, the film was primarily shot in the neighbouring island of Mallorca.
Release
Distributed by Sogepaq, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 4 July 1997.
Reception
Jonathan Holland of 'Variety' considered that Iborra delivers a "mature but slightly flat nostalgia vehicle" that despite being "well crafted and intermittently affecting" and with some "terrific" performances, it is unlikely to induce "anything but mild astonishment" among offshore audiences.
Casimiro Torreiro of 'El Pas' considered that, excessive subordination of the film to Forqu as well as other issues notwithstanding, the film breathes at ease when its young actresses (particularly Abascal) take over.
Accolades
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See also
* List of Spanish films of 1997
References
Category:Sogecine films
Category:1997 comedy films
Category:1990s Spanish-language films
Category:Films set in Ibiza
Category:Films shot in Mallorca
Category:Films set in 1970
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