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The Quince Tree Sun (1991)
Director: Victor Erice
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A truly magnificent film from the maker of Spirit of the Beehive and The South, which effortlessly transcends the term 'documentary'. Basically, it follows Madrileño painter Antonio López as he meticulously and slowly labours over a painting of a quince tree in his garden. That the task takes him months is of interest in itself, but where the film scores is in its fleshing out of its subject through conversation with friends, wife, admirers, and builders at work on his house, a strategy that simultaneously contextualises López and puts his bizarre, even limited conception of artistic endeavour into perspective. Don't worry about a lengthy, fairly banal dialogue about half-an-hour into the film; the rest is visually extraordinary, funny, touching, and quite unlike anything else.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Victor Erice
Cast: Antonio López, María Moreno, Enrique Gran, José Carrtero full cast
Genre(s): Documentaries
Duration: 137 mins
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