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Dream of Light ( Spanish: El sol del membrillo, lit. "The Sun of the Quince"), also known as The Quince Tree Sun, is a 1992 Spanish narrative/documentary film directed by Victor Erice. The film centers on Spanish painter Antonio López García and his attempt to paint the eponymous quince tree.
Aug 20, 2015 · Subject of his still-life: a sun-drenched quince tree in his backyard. Lopez turns out to be a most meticulous artist. Before he starts painting, he carefully measures the tree and pinpoints special points of interest.
Apr 2, 1993 · Dream of Light: Directed by Víctor Erice. With Antonio López, María Moreno, Enrique Gran, María López. The artist Antonio López tries to capture the sunlight hitting his quince tree all autumn, but the struggle seems futile.
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- Documentary, Biography
- Víctor Erice
- 1993-04-02
It shows the struggles of an older artist to paint the sun on the quince tree in his yard and the efforts he goes through, the exacting, precise tools and the thoughtful and clever tricks he employs to follow the sun's rays and the movement of the tree while trying to depict it as a still life.
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- Euskal Média S.A., Igeldo Zine Produkzioak
- Víctor Erice
The artist, Antonio Lopez, tries to paint the quince tree he planted some time back in his garden. Throughout his life, he has worked on the same theme many times, almost as if it were a physical necessity. Every year, with the arrival of autumn, this need resurfaces.
May 29, 2020 · The Quince Tree Sun ’s deceptively simple narrative introduces viewers to painter Antonio Lopeź García, a man who attempts to paint the gorgeous, titular flora that grows in his yard. As time passes, changes afflict the tree: its form changes and its fruits become heavy with rot and fall to the ground.
Feb 21, 2019 · In this masterpiece of contemplative cinema by Spain’s Víctor Erice (The Spirit of the Beehive), the painter Antonio López attempts, as he has many times before, to capture the play of light on the leaves of the quince tree in his garden, and discovers something eternal in the process.
