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
Omero Antonutti
Agustín Arenas
Sonsoles Aranguren
Estrella - 8 años
Icíar Bollaín
Estrella - 15 años
Lola Cardona
Julia
Rafaela Aparicio
Milagros
Aurore Clément
Irene Ríos / Laura
Francisco Merino
Enamorado
José Vivó
Camarero
Germaine Montero
Doña Rosario
María Massip
Estrella adulta (voice)
José Luis Fernández 'Pirri'
Carioco (voice) (uncredited)
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.'
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