Cradle Song ( Canción de cuna )

Cradle Song (DVD) (*)

$21.99

Original Title: Canción de cuna
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
Goya Awards
Montreal World Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
101 min + 80 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Short Film

Movie filmed in 1994 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
José Luis Garci

Written By:
José Luis Garci
Gregorio Martínez Sierra

Actors:
Dolores Aguado ..... Madre Teresa
Fiorella Faltoyano ..... Pablo
José Luis Garci ..... Don José
Carmelo Gómez ..... Sor Marcela
Carmen Jiménez ..... Madre Vicaria
Alfredo Landa ..... Maestra de Novicias
Amparo Larrañaga ..... Madre Juana de la Cruz
Olvido Lorente ..... Madre Tornera
María Massip ..... Teresa
Virginia Mataix
Diana Peñalver
María Luisa Ponte
Rebeca Tébar
Maribel Verdú

Synopsis:

Like the lives of the nuns he chronicles, there is great simplicity and grace in José Luis Garci's Cradle Song. Although the story is simple, its effect is profound; and although most of the action takes place in the cloisters of a convent in a small Spanish town during the nineteenth century, the film is imbued with a sense of youth, vitality, and excitement. Don José, a medical doctor, is the only outsider permitted inside the doors of the convent. He brings some news and occasional candy from the outside world. One day a newborn baby is left at the door of the convent. Named Teresa, she grows into a beautiful young woman and falls in love with Pablo, a dashing young man who wishes to start a new life with her in America. Although confident of Teresa's ability to tackle the outside world, the nuns are also sad to see her leave.

Cradle Song's strength lies in the consistent beauty Garci has created inside the convent. The nuns go about their daily routines and observe strict rules, yet their personalities remain irrepressible. This is a film of breathtaking images. Light not only transforms the convent into an enchanting labyrinth of chambers with golden highlights but also signifies the freedom beyond the leaded windows. Like a good fairy tale, Cradle Song transports us to a serene world of truth, beauty, and innocence.

This uplifting film, set in a 19th-century Spanish convent, quietly comments upon the limitations of leading the spiritual and isolated life of a nun. The peaceful routine of the nuns is interrupted by the sudden arrival of an abandoned baby girl. The girl, whom they named Teresa after the Mother Superior, is formally adopted by the town doctor, but is actually raised by the loving hands of the nuns. The film follows their experiences as they learn a more earthly form of love.

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