Summer Rain (2006 film)
Summer Rain, aka El camino de los ingleses (literally, Englishmen's Road) is a 2006 film directed by Spanish actor Antonio Banderas. The film based on the novel of the same name by Antonio Soler, who also wrote the script for the film.
| Summer Rain | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Antonio Banderas |
| Produced by | Antonio Banderas |
| Written by | Antonio Soler |
| Starring | Alberto Amarilla María Ruiz Raúl Arévalo Fran Perea Félix Gómez Victoria Abril |
| Music by | Antonio Meliveo |
| Edited by | Mercedes Alted |
| Distributed by | Sogepaq |
Release date | 1 December 2006 |
Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | Spain United Kingdom |
| Language | Spanish |
| Box office | $2,411,526 |
Plot summary
The film takes place in 1978 in Málaga (Spain), and depicts the life of teenager Miguelito Dávila (Alberto Amarilla), who after suffering from kidney disease and spending some time at the hospital, has learned such classic poetry as Dante's Divine Comedy and dreams of leaving his job at a hardware store and pursuing his dream of becoming a poet.
One summer, he hangs out with his childhood friends Babirusa (Raúl Arévalo), Paco Frontón (Félix Gómez) and Moratalla (Mario Casas), until he meets a girl called Luli (María Ruiz) at the swimming pool, and the two start dating. Luli would love to become a professional dancer, and is best friends with "La cuerpo" (Marta Nieto), who fancies Miguelito's posh friend Paco. The two couples spend time together swimming, and they gradually experiment with other distractions.
Miguelito later meets an older teacher (Victoria Abril), who is interested in his talent, and begins an affair with her around the same time that Cardona (Antonio Garrido), an older and apparently richer man, starts courting Luli with the promise of helping her career as a dancer.
Cast
- Alberto Amarilla – Miguelito Dávila
- María Ruiz – Luli
- Félix Gómez – Paco Frontón
- Raúl Arévalo – Babirusa
- Fran Perea – "El Garganta"
- Marta Nieto – "La Cuerpo"
- Mario Casas – Moratalla
- Antonio Garrido – Cardona
- Victoria Abril – La Srta. del Casco Cartaginés
- Victor Perez – González-Cortés