Celia (1992) ( Celia ) ( Celia - Episodes One to Six )

Celia (1992) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Celia
Alternate Title: Celia - Episodes One to Six
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
315 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Posters
Scene Access
Short Film

Movie filmed in 1992 and produced in:
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
José Luis Borau

Written By:
Elena Fortún
José Luis Borau

Actors:
Ana Duato ..... Mamá
Ángel de Andrés ..... Don Restituto
Aurora Redondo ..... Doña Benita
Cristina Cruz ..... Celia
Fernando Valverde ..... Tío Rodrigo
María Isbert ..... Basílides
María Luisa Ponte ..... Doña Merlucines
Mario Maranzana ..... Rafaela
Montse Pérez
Nathalie Seseña
Pedro Díez del Corral ..... Papá
Sian Thomas
Silvia Casanova
Silvia Munt ..... Madre Corazón
Tito Augusto ..... Hermana cocinera

Synopsis:

Celia is an upper-middle-class, seven-year-old girl living in Madrid with her parents during the early 20th century. Celia, however, is not an ordinary child; she simply will not take adults for granted, nor will she stop questioning everything and everyone around her. With the only help of her acute sensitivity and high imagination, she will create a world of her own, a world available only to those who are willing to give it a chance.
List of Episodes:
Season 1
I am Celia / Soy Celia
S1, Ep1 Jan. 5, 1993
Mrs. Benita / Doña Benita
S1, Ep2 Jan. 13, 1993
The Summer / ¡El verano!
S1, Ep3 Jan. 19, 1993
At the School / En el colegio
S1, Ep4 Jan. 26, 1993
Neither Saint, nor Martyr / Ni santa ni mártir
S1, Ep5 Feb. 2, 1993
Until We Meet Again! / ¡Hasta la vista!
S1, Ep6 Feb. 9, 1993

Celia is a seven-year-old girl living with her family in her home located in a street, la Calle Serrano, in Madrid, Spain. Celia has a way of questioning everything around her, in a way of childish innocence, as well as ingenuity; she wonders about the identity of the Three Wise Men, for instance, and the strange ideas and thoughts that adults tend to say. Celia's mother and father have little time to spend with their daughter; she is away visiting friends or out shopping and often comes home very late at night, living Celia in charge of Miss Nelly, the English governess, while he is busy attending to his work in his office. Celia is not allowed to play much with her little brother "Baby", whom she names "Cuchifritín", because he is too small and fragile, but spends time with other playmates such as Solita, the porter's daughter and María Teresa, another girl her age. While under the care of Miss Nelly, whom Celia cannot stand, or Juana, the maid, Celia often finds ways to get into all sorts of scrapes, though mostly unintentionally. Eventually, feeling insulted and humiliated, Miss Nelly returns to England, and Celia's mother calls upon an elderly woman, Doña Benita, to look after the girl. It turns out however, that Doña Benita's imagination is as wild and innocent as Celia's and the two become very close. Celia is entralled by Doña Benita's fantastic stories about fairies and demons, and all sorts of odd beliefs and superstitions. Following an eventful summer at the beach and the Spanish countryside, Celia's mother, with some help from her sister-in-law Julia, convinces her husband to have the girl sent off to a convent, where they hope she'll learn discipline and good behaviour. Once at the school with the nuns, Celia continues to make mischief and form many chaotic events at the convent, often with the help of other girls.

Celia is a Spanish children's television series that was originally broadcast in 1992 through Spain's national public-service channel, Televisión Española. The series was based on the classic Spanish children's novels, primarily "Celia, lo que dice" (1929) and "Celia en el colegio" (1932), by Elena Fortún and told the adventures of a wild seven-year-old girl named Celia Gálvez de Moltanbán. The series, which introduced Cristina Cruz Mínguez in the title role of Celia, was adapted for the screen by award-winning Spanish author and writer Carmen Martín Gaite, and was directed and produced by José Luis Borau. Aside from narrating the stories of Celia, the series also reflected life in Spain during the 1930s, lightly touching the subject of the upcoming civil war, a changing nation, and the social issues and ideas of the time.

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