The Blind Sunflowers is a 2008

2008 in film

This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...

 Spanish film directed by José Luis Cuerda

José Luis Cuerda

José Luis Cuerda is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.He has produced three films of Alejandro Amenábar .-Filmography as Film Director:* 1982 - Pares y nones...

 and written by Rafael Azcona

Rafael Azcona

Rafael Azcona Fernández was an awarded Spanish screenwriter and novelist who has worked with some of the best Spanish and international filmmakers. Azcona won five Goya Awards during his career, including a lifetime achievement award in 1998.He was born in the northern Spanish city Logroño on...

 and Cuerda, based on the eponymous novel

The Blind Sunflowers

The Blind Sunflowers is a 2004 Spanish novel written by Alberto Méndez.-Film adaption:This novel was adapted into a film with the same name in 2008....

 of Alberto Méndez

Alberto Mendez

Alberto Mendez Rodríguez is a retired German footballer of Spanish descent, who played as a midfielder.-Football career:...

. The film stars Maribel Verdú

Maribel Verdú

Maribel Verdú is a Spanish actress. She is known to English-speaking audiences for playing Luisa in the 2001 film Y tu mamá también and Mercedes in Guillermo del Toro's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth. In Spain she is known for films such as Belle Époque, Tetro, and Huevos de oro.Verdú was born María...

, Javier Cámara

Javier Cámara

Javier Cámara is a Spanish actor, most notably in the Pedro Almodóvar films Talk to Her and Bad Education , and the television series 7 Vidas ....

 and Raúl Arévalo

Raúl Arévalo

Raúl Arévalo is a Spanish film actor, best known by international audiences for his role in the film Summer Rain, directed by Antonio Banderas.-Career:...

. The plot follows the life of a family, former sympathizers of the Spanish Republic, during the early 1940s. Their lives are disrupted when a young priest falls in love with the mother.

This film was Spain

Spain

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's 81st Academy Awards

81st Academy Awards

The 81st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2008 and took place February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST...

 official submission to Foreign Language Film category, but it was not selected.

Principal cast

• Maribel Verdú
  Maribel Verdú
  Maribel Verdú is a Spanish actress. She is known to English-speaking audiences for playing Luisa in the 2001 film Y tu mamá también and Mercedes in Guillermo del Toro's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth. In Spain she is known for films such as Belle Époque, Tetro, and Huevos de oro.Verdú was born María...
  
   as Elena
• Javier Cámara
  Javier Cámara
  Javier Cámara is a Spanish actor, most notably in the Pedro Almodóvar films Talk to Her and Bad Education , and the television series 7 Vidas ....
  
   as Ricardo
• Raúl Arévalo
  Raúl Arévalo
  Raúl Arévalo is a Spanish film actor, best known by international audiences for his role in the film Summer Rain, directed by Antonio Banderas.-Career:...
  
   as Salvador

Awards and nominations

• Goya Awards
  Goya Awards
  The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards....
  
  
  • Won: Best Screenplay – Adapted (Rafael Azcona and José Luis Cuerda)
  • Nominated: Best Actor – Leading Role (Raúl Arévalo)
  • Nominated: Best Actor – Supporting Role (José Ángel Egido)
  • Nominated: Best Actress – Leading Role (Maribel Verdú)
  • Nominated: Best Cinematography (Hans Burman)
  • Nominated: Best Costume Design (Sonia Grande)
  • Nominated: Best Director (José Luis Cuerda)
  • Nominated: Best Editing (Nacho Ruiz Capillas)
  • Nominated: Best Film
  • Nominated: Best Makeup and Hairstyles (Fermín Galán and Silvie Imbert)
  • Nominated: Best New Actor (Martín Rivas)
  • Nominated: Best Original Score (Lucio Godoy)
  • Nominated: Best Production Design (Baltasar Gallart)
  • Nominated: Best Production Supervision (Emiliano Otegui)
  • Nominated: Best Sound (Ricardo Steinberg, María Steinberg and Alfonso Raposo)

External Links

• Official Site
• The movie in IMDb, the Internet Movie Database
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