Una casa con vista al mar
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In the foothills of the Andes, Tomas Alonso, a dignified farmer and violinist, lives quietly with his son Santiago. After his wife’s death, Tomas gives Santiago a photograph of his mother, a youthful portrait taken on the shores of a distant ocean. Santiago becomes intrigued with the mystical body of water, which fuels his dreams and imagination. As Santiago grows older, Tomas has difficulty masking the poverty they live in and the contempt of their neighbours. One day, a desperate act of violence leads Tomas to prison. Delirious with loneliness, Santiago builds an impossible boat of stones and old junk in an effort to recapture the comforting images of the sea he and his father had created. When Sebastian, a photographer, re-enters the drastically altered lives of the small family, he engineers a dangerous plan, giving the family a chance to start over. With his help, life itself bears Tomas Alonso and Santiago to the shores of their dream.
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Alberto Arvelo
Director
A native of Venezuela, film director, writer and playwright Alberto Arvelo’s most recent film, One Life and Two Trails, was nominated for an Academy Award in 1997 in the best foreign film category. One Life and Two Trails was screened at numerous film festivals in North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. It won several prizes, including the award for best screenplay at the 1998 New York Film Festival. Arvelo’s previous features include: Song of the Mountain, his first full-length film, which he directed at the age of 17, and the historical epic Flames on the Snow (1986). Alberto Arvelo has also directed extensively for television and theatre. He is currently head of the Film Director Workshop at the Venezuelan National Cinema School and is President of Cinema Sur.
35 mm
93 minutes
Colour
Aspect ratio
1.85
Dubbed in English Original version in Spanish Subtitled in English |
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Producer
Juan Carlos López Durán
Executive Producers
Chris Zimmer
Miguel Perelló
Pedro Mezquita Arcaya
Line Producers
Luis Pinto Galeano
Emilio Mencheta
Director
Alberto Arvelo
Scriptwriter
Alberto Arvelo
Director of Photography
Cezery Jaworski
Editing
José Ares
Production Designer
Diego Risquez
Costumes
Solange Arvelo
Sets
Angel Suarex
Music
Nascuy Lineras
Loreena McKennitt
Cast
Imanol Arias
Gabriel Arcand
Leandro Arvelo
Alejo Felipe
Hector Manrique
Manuela Aguirre
Marcel Jaworski
Nerio Zerpa
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Production
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Coproduction Venezuela / Spain
Cinema Sur
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Merida
5101
Venezuela
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Valencia
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Spain
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