The silly age

The silly age

Original title: La edad de la peseta
Production: Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC); Mediapro; Alter Producciones
Country: Cuba
Director: Pavel Giroud
Script: Arturo Infante
Photography: Luis Najmias Jr.
Music: Ulises Hernández
Cast: Mercedes Sampietro; Iván Carreira; Susana Tejera; Carla Paneca; Esther Cardoso; Claudia Valdés; José Ángel Egido
Year: 2006
Duration: 90
Genre: Drama
Color: Color
Original language: Spanish
Languages available: Spanish
Subtitles: English

Synopsis:

Havana, 1958. Alicia and her 10-year-old son, Samuel, return to Violeta's house, the grandmother of the child. There they meet the rejection of the sullen lady with accented fixations and little desire to share her protected privacy. The contradictory world of two distant generations, confronted within the abrupt and disturbing world of adolescence.

Co-production between Cuba, Spain and Venezuela.

Awards:

Winner of a Golden India Catalina, at Cartagena Film Festival 2007: Best Film

Winner of 3 Feature Film Trophy, at Cine Ceará - National Cinema Festival 2007: Best Director (Pavel Giroud); Best Art Direction (Vivian del Valle); and, Best Original Score (Ulises Hernández)

Winner of a Elcine Second Prize, at Lima Latin American Film Festival 2007: Audience Award

Winner of a Visionary Award, at Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2008: Latin American Films

Nominated to a Goya Award 2008: Best Spanish Language Foreign Film