

A woman recalls her childhood growing up in the North of Spain, focusing on her relationship with her father.
Direction
Erice's patience turns silence into pure cinema.
Cinematography
Every frame aches with golden, withheld light.
Acting
Antonutti's stillness contains entire unlived lives.

Director
Víctor Erice
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Producer Jesús Polo shut down production with 30 minutes unshot, leaving Erice's intended third act forever missing.
The fictional Irene Ríos is modeled on faded Hollywood stars like Ava Gardner; her casting required a French actress (Clément) because no Spanish star would play 'washed-up.'