Dream of Light
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Spanish film poster
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| Directed by | Víctor Erice |
| Produced by | Maria Moreno Carmen Martinez |
| Written by | Víctor Erice Antonio López García |
| Starring | Antonio López García Maria Moreno Enrique Gran |
| Music by | Pascal Gaigne |
| Cinematography | Ángel Luis Fernández Javier Aguirresarobe |
| Edited by | Juan Ignacio San Mateo |
| Distributed by | Facets (U.S. VHS) |
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Release dates
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October 1, 1992 (premiere at NYFF) 30 October 1992 (Spain) |
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Running time
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138 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Dream of Light is a 1992 Spanish narrative/documentary film directed by Victor Erice. Its Spanish title is El sol del membrillo, which translates directly to the English "The Sun of the Quince"; it was released in Hong Kong as The Sun of the Quince Tree, and internationally as Quince Tree of the Sun and The Quince Tree Sun. The film centers on Spanish painter Antonio López García (playing himself) and his attempt to paint the eponymous quince tree. López struggles to capture a perfect, fleeting moment of beauty on canvas, and the film meticulously chronicles his work.
Synopsis
The film begins by showing Antonio López García as a very meticulous painter. He drives in pegs to mark his stance, hangs a weight and uses strings to determine the symmetry and center of his painting. His first attempt starts out peacefully but he soon encounters problems due to the weather and the size of his canvas. As García and a friend discuss Michelangelo's The Last Judgement, painted when Michelangelo was in his 60s, which García is fast approaching, the film's subject takes shape as the relationship between the artist's work and his own mortality. García's future attempts are much more rushed and frantic as he struggles to compete with the weather, the fleeting sun and the rotting and weighed down fruit in maintaining his vision.
Participants
- Antonio López García
- Marina Moreno
- Enrique Gran
- María López
- Carmen López
- Elisa Ruiz
- José Carretero
- Amalia Aria
- Lucio Muñoz
- Esperanza Parada
- Julio López Hernández
- Fan Xiao Ming
- Yan Sheng Dong
- Janusz Pietrzkiak
- Marek Domagala
Reception
Janet Maslin wrote that "the purity and breadth of this meticulous study are all the more gratifying in view of its unprepossessing style."[1]
Awards
At the 1992 Cannes Film Festival the film won the Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize.[2]
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Dream of Light at IMDb
- Dream of Light at AllMovie
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