Time of Happiness (Spanish: El tiempo de la felicidad) is a 1997 Spanish film directed and written by Manuel Iborra [es]. Its cast features Verónica Forqué, Silvia Abascal, María Adánez, Carlos Fuentes, Pepón Nieto, Liberto Rabal, Fele Martínez, and Antonio Resines, among others.

Time of Happiness
Theatrical release poster
SpanishEl tiempo de la felicidad
Directed byManuel Iborra
Screenplay byManuel Iborra
Produced by
  • José Luis Olaizola M.
  • Rafael Díaz-Salgado
Starring
CinematographyHans Burmann
Edited byIván Aledo
Production
companies
  • Sogecine
  • Central de Producciones Audiovisuales
Distributed bySogepaq
Release date
  • 7 April 1997 (1997-04-07)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Plot

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The fiction is set in Ibiza in the Summer of 1970, with the backdrop of the hippy counterculture and the topic of free love. It tracks a "disfunctional" nuclear family (consisting of Julia and Fernando as well as their four children Cucho, Elena, Verónica and Juan) and their romantic and sexual endeavours in the island.[1]

Cast

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Production

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The film is a Sogecine and Central de Producciones Audiovisuales production.[3] While set in Ibiza, the film was primarily shot in the neighbouring island of Mallorca.[4]

Release

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Distributed by Sogepaq,[1] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 4 July 1997.[5]

Reception

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Jonathan Holland of Variety considered that Iborra delivers a "mature but slightly flat nostalgia vehicle" that despite being "well crafted and intermittently affecting" and with some "terrific" performances, it is unlikely to induce "anything but mild astonishment" among offshore audiences.[1]

Casimiro Torreiro of El País considered that, excessive subordination of the film to Forqué as well as other issues notwithstanding, the film breathes at ease when its young actresses (particularly Abascal) take over.[6]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
1998 12th Goya Awards Best Sound Daniel Goldstein, Eduardo Fernández, Ricardo Steinberg Nominated [3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Holland, Jonathan (15 November 1997). "Time of Happiness". Variety.
  2. ^ "El tiempo de la felicidad". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  3. ^ a b "El tiempo de la felicidad". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. ^ Rey Reguillo, Antonia del (2018). "Las islas Baleares, un escenario privilegiado para el cine turístico español" (PDF). : Estudis de cinema i audiovisual: historiografia, arxius, turisme i territori, publicitat i indústria : Eivissa 6, 7 i 8 de novembre de 2017. p. 31. ISBN 978-84-15029-78-6.
  5. ^ "El tiempo de la felicidad". Sensacine. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  6. ^ Torreiro, Casimiro (15 July 1997). "Nosotros, que fuimos tan felices". El País.