Life and Colour
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SpainSpain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, 1975. Fede (Junio Valverde), a fifteen-year-old boy, is getting conscious of his environment little by little: his sister Begoña (Silvia Abascal
Silvia Abascal
Silvia Abascal Estrada, is a Spanish actress.Her first chance came in 1992 in Chicho Ibáñez Serrador's TV program Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez. She became popular thanks to the sitcom Pepa y Pepe in 1994...
) unsatisfied with her imminent wedding; his grandfather (Joan Dalmau), who stops dealing with his best friend after the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
; his friend Ramona (Natalia Abascal), a girl with Down Syndrome
Down syndrome
Down syndrome, or Down's syndrome, trisomy 21, is a chromosomal condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. It is named after John Langdon Down, the British physician who described the syndrome in 1866. The condition was clinically described earlier in the 19th...
who was raped by her father, a young man who works with his father.
Prizes
- Price of Public in Festival de Valladolid.
- Nominated to Best New Director Premio Goya.