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A House with a View of the Sea
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Wikipedia article
'A House with a View of the Sea' is a 2001 black-and-white Venezuelan film directed by Alberto Arvelo, and a Spain-Canada co-production with Venezuela. It was Venezuela's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was first released in Europe in 2003, before its Venezuelan premiere a year later.
It stars Imanol Arias, Gabriel Arcand, and Leandro Arvelo.
ABC describes the film as an "intimate and crude history about the Venezuelan peasants of 1948".
Synopsis
Based on the novel 'Vincentino Guerrero' by Freddy Sosa, it tells the story of a farming family in 1948 Los Andes headed by Toms Alonso that is broken when his wife dies, leaving him to take care of his son alone. To console him, Toms gives his son a photograph of his mother by the sea, with the boy developing a fascination for the sea. Toms struggles with wanting his son to love the farmland and protecting the boy from their richer neighbors.
Cast
* Imanol Arias
* Gabriel Arcand
* Leandro Arvelo
* Alejo Felipe
* Hctor Manrique
* Manuela Aguirre
* Marcel Jaworski
* Nerio Zerpa
* Bernardino Angel
* Ramona Prez
Awards
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!Year
!Event
!Category
!Result
!Ref
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| rowspan="3" |2001
| rowspan="2" |Havana Film Festival
|Glauber Rocha Award
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| rowspan="10" |
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|FIPRESCI Award
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|Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva
|Audience Award
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| rowspan="6" |2002
|Biarritz Film Festival
|Audience Award
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|Fribourg International Film Festival
|Audience Award
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|Cartagena Film Festival
|OCIC Award
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|Cinemanila International Film Festival
|Special Jury Prize
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|Miami International Film Festival
|Golden Egret Award
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|Oslo Film Festival
|Best Latin Film
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|2003
|LaCinemaFe
|Silver Apple Award for Best Film
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|}
See also
*List of submissions to the 74th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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