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Half of Heaven

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Half of Heaven

Spanish	La mitad del cielo

Directed by	Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Written by	Luis Megino Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Starring	Ángela Molina Margarita Lozano Antonio Valero Nacho Martínez Santiago Ramos Carolina Silva F. Fernán Gómez
Cinematography	José Luis Alcaine
Edited by	José Salcedo
Music by	Milladoiro
Release dates	September 1986 (1986-09) (Zinemaldia) 9 October 1986 (1986-10-09) (Spain)
Running time	127 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Half of Heaven (Spanish: La mitad del cielo) is a 1986 Spanish drama film directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón.^[1] The film was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2]

Cast[edit]

Ángela Molina as Rosa^[3]

Margarita Lozano as Abuela^[4]

Fernando Fernán Gómez as Don Pedro^[4]

Antonio Valero as Juan^[4]

Nacho Martínez as Delgado^[4]

Santiago Ramos as Antonio^[4]

Carolina Silva as Olvido^[4]

Francisco Merino [es] as Ramiro^[4]

Enriqueta Carballeira [es] as Hermana de Rosa^[4]

Julia Martínez as Cuñada de Don Pedro^[4]

Mónica Molina as Rosa joven^[4]

Release[edit]

The film was theatrically released in Spain on 9 October 1986, grossing 207 million ₧ (681,393 admissions) in the domestic market.^[5]

Accolades[edit]


Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
1986	34th San Sebastián International Film Festival	Golden Shell		Won	^[6]
1986	34th San Sebastián International Film Festival	Silver Shell for Best Actress	Ángela Molina	Won	^[6]
1987	1st Goya Awards	Best Film		Nominated	^[7]
		Best Actress	Ángela Molina	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	José Luis Alcaine	Nominated
		Best Music	Milladoiro	Won
		Best Costume Design	Gerardo Vera	Nominated

References[edit]

^ "Half of Heaven". spainisculture. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

^ Torres, Augusto M. (1992). Conversaciones con Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón. Editorial Fundamentos. p. 194. ISBN 84-245-0619-7.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Torres 1992, p. 194.

^ Caparrós Lera, J.M (1992). El cine español de la democracia: De la muerte de Franco al "cambio" socialista (1975-1989). Barcelona: Anthropos. p. 374. ISBN 84-7658-312-5.

^ Barbería, José Luis (27 September 2022). "'La mitad del cielo', de Gutiérrez Aragón, galardonada con la Gran Concha de Oro". El País.

^ Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, p. 270, ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8

External links[edit]

Half of HeavenatIMDb

Golden Shell

1953–1975

I Was a Parish Priest (1953)
Sierra maldita (1954)
Days of Love (1955)
The Railroad Man (1956)
Oh! Sabella (1957)
Ewa chce spac (1958)
The Nun's Story (1959)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1960)
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Arturo's Island (1962)
Mafioso (1963)
America America (1964)
Golden Queen / Mirage (1965)
I Was Happy Here (1966)
Two for the Road (1967)
The Long Day's Dying (1968)
The Rain People (1969)
Dead of Summer (1970)
Claire's Knee (1971)
The Glass House (1972)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Badlands (1974)
Furtivos (1975)

1976–2000

Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven (1976)
An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977)
Alambrista! (1978)
Autumn Marathon (1979)
The Orchestra Conductor (1980)
Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981)
Demons in the Garden (1982)
Entre Nous (1983)
Rumble Fish (1984)
Yesterday (1985)
Half of Heaven (1986)
Wedding in Galilee (1987)
On the Black Hill (1988)
Homer and Eddie / La nación clandestina (1989)
Letters from Alou (1990)
Butterfly Wings (1991)
A Place in the World (1992)
The Beginning and the End / Sara (1993)
Dias contados (1994)
Margaret's Museum (1995)
Bwana / Trojan Eddie (1996)
The Swindle (1997)
Wind with the Gone (1998)
What's Life? (1999)
The Ruination of Men (2000)

2001–present

A Cab for Three (2001)
Mondays in the Sun (2002)
Gun-shy (2003)
Turtles Can Fly (2004)
Something Like Happiness (2005)
Half Moon / Mon fils à moi (2006)
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007)
Pandora's Box (2008)
City of Life and Death (2009)
Neds (2010)
Los pasos dobles (2011)
In the House (2012)
Bad Hair (2013)
Magical Girl (2014)
Sparrows (2015)
I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016)
The Disaster Artist (2017)
Between Two Waters (2018)
Pacified (2019)
Beginning (2020)
Blue Moon (2021)
The Kings of the World (2022)
The Rye Horn (2023)

v t e Spanish submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
1956–1960	Afternoon of the Bulls (1956) High Street (1957) Vengeance (1958) At Five O'Clock in the Afternoon (1960)
1961–1980	Plácido (1961) Dulcinea (1962) Los Tarantos (1963) The Girl in Mourning (1964) La Tía Tula (1965) Bewitched Love (1967) Spain Again (1968) The Wanton of Spain (1969) Tristana (1970) Marta (1971) My Dearest Senorita (1972) Habla, mudita (1973) La prima Angélica (1974) Poachers (1975) Raise Ravens (1976) That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) Sleepwalkers (1978) Mama Turns 100 (1979) The Nest (1980)
1981–2000	National Heritage (1981) Begin the Beguine (1982) Carmen (1983) Sesión continua (1984) The Witching Hour (1985) Half of Heaven (1986) Course Completed (1987) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) Love, Hate and Death (1989) ¡Ay Carmela! (1990) High Heels (1991) The Fencing Master (1992) Belle Époque (1993) Cradle Song (1994) The Flower of My Secret (1995) Bwana (1996) Secrets of the Heart (1997) The Grandfather (1998) All About My Mother (1999) You're the One (2000)
2001–2020	Mad Love (2001) Mondays in the Sun (2002) Soldiers of Salamina (2003) The Sea Inside (2004) Obaba (2005) Volver (2006) The Orphanage (2007) The Blind Sunflowers (2008) The Dancer and the Thief (2009) Even the Rain (2010) Black Bread (2011) Blancanieves (2012) 15 Years and One Day (2013) Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2014) Loreak (2015) Julieta (2016) Summer 1993 (2017) Champions (2018) Pain and Glory (2019) The Endless Trench (2020)
2021–present	The Good Boss (2021) Alcarràs (2022) Society of the Snow (2023)

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