Your Company
 

The Sky Turns(El cielo gira)

✭ ✭ ✭ ✭   Read critic reviews

Spain · 2004
1h 50m
Director Mercedes Álvarez
Starring Peio Azketa, Hicham Chate, Cirilo Fernández, José Fernández
Genre Documentary

One year in the life of a tiny village in northern Spain.

We hate to say it, but we can't find anywhere to view this film.

What are people saying?

What are critics saying?

80

Village Voice by

Nothing speaks more elegantly to the bewilderment of the locals than a long shot of newly built windmills lining a distant hilltop while a villager, made tiny by Álvarez's framing, looks on in the foreground, swallowed up by the forces of history.

80

Time Out by Eric Hynes

What elevates The Sky Turns beyond a lovely little elegy and into the realm of greatness is Álvarez's refusal to shape the film as a tragedy.

60

The New York Times by Mike Hale

The overall effect is one of lulling beauty and immersion in the landscape and culture - certainly enough to carry you through the film - but also an irritating sensation of being led by the nose through Ms. Álvarez's highly aestheticized ruminations.

Users who liked this film also liked