The Accounting Ledgers of Manolo Millares ( Cuadernos de contabilidad de Manolo Millares )

The Accounting Ledgers of Manolo Millares (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Cuadernos de contabilidad de Manolo Millares
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Biographies
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Juan Miguel Millares

Written By:
Juan Miguel Millares

Actors:
Juan Manuel Bonet
Magdalena Cantero
Martín Chirino
Elvireta Escobio
Juan Hidalgo
Alberto Manrique
Agustín Millares
Eva Millares Escobio
Jane Millares Sall
José María Millares Sall
Totoyo Millares Sall
Yeya Millares Sall
Alberto Portera
Lothar Siemens

Synopsis:

Juan Millares Alonso's nonfiction film Cuadernos de contabilidad de Manolo Millares (aka The Accounting Ledgers of Manolo Millares) explores, cinematically, the boyhood and adolescence of the director's uncle, the legendary Spanish painter Manolo Millares (born 1928). The prodigious Millares -- who came of age in the Canary Islands -- wrote highly observant, introspective and detailed memoirs as a child and teenager; Alonso uses those memoirs to provide a basic narrative structure and backbone for the documentary. What emerges is an enduring portrait of the gradual formation of an artist. On a broader scale, Alonso also uses passages for the memoirs to convey the atmosphere of the Canary Islands during the '30s and '40s and thus suggests how conducive that environment was to creative work.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 14 January, 2010.