Life and Colour (Spanish: Vida y color) is a 2005 Spanish film written and directed by Santiago Tabernero [es] in his feature length directorial debut.[1] Its cast features Junio Valverde, Silvia Abascal, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, and Joan Dalmau, among others.
Plot
Spain, 1975.[1] Fede, a fifteen-year-old boy, is getting conscious of his environment little by little: his sister Begoña, unsatisfied with her imminent wedding; his grandfather, who stops dealing with his best friend after the Spanish Civil War; his friend Ramona, a girl with Down syndrome who was raped by her father, a young man who works with his father.
The film was presented at the 50th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) in October 2005.[6] Distributed by Alta Classics,[5] it was theatrically released in Spain on 5 January 2006.[2]
Reception
Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be a "powerful, haunting and finely observed debut about life in a rural Spanish village during the last months of General Franco's life".[5]
