The Sky Turns
El cielo gira
Spain
2004
115 Min
Color
1.66:1
Spanish
Director
Mercedes Álvarez
Born in 1966, Mercedes Álvarez is a graduate from Barcelona’s Universidad Pompeu Fabra. She has been teaching there since 1998. She was the editor of José Luis Guerín’s documentary En Construction (2001). She has shot the short film El Viento Africano in 1997 and the feature documentary El Cielo Gira (Le Ciel tourne) in 2004, Grand prize Cinéma du Réel 2005, distributed in France by ID distribution. —Cinéma du réel
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john.fisherman
5Jan12
A painter slowly turns blind and gets aid to see the picturesque landscape from a local folksman. Enough for a winning premise.
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Brotherdeacon
21Sep12
Thanks for Rouge review/commentary on Sky Turns, especially the last paragraph
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