April 13, 2011
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Antonino Martínez,
Silvano García,
José Fernández,
Cirilo Fernández,
Josefa García
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Mercedes Alvarez was three years old when, in the late 1960s, her parents left La Aldea, a village in the barren Northern Spanish Soria region. She was the last child born in La Aldea. Now, only fourt... read more
DVD Release Date: February 28, 2012
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February 11, 2011
Mike Hale, New York Times
A fastidious tone poem, meticulously composed and deliberately paced. Full Review
February 11, 2011
New York Times
A fastidious tone poem, meticulously composed and deliberately paced. Full Review
February 11, 2011
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
In the beautifully com posed documentary "The Sky Turns," filmmaker Mercedes Alvarez returns after 35 years to Aldealsenor, the remote Spanish village where she was born. Full Review
February 8, 2011
Andrew Schenker, Village Voice
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 for... Full Review
August 18, 2011
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Without relying on melodrama or nostalgia, Alvarez embraces the inescapable nature of impermanence. Full Review
February 16, 2011
Robert Tumas, Slant Magazine
Alverez's film is nearly brimming with chuckle-inducing existential aporia and wise old quips that are powerful enough to make men smile in the face of death. Full Review
February 11, 2011
Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru
A somewhat meandering, yet provocative and lyrical documentation of a village's history, its evolution and the memories of its 14 villagers. Full Review
February 9, 2011
Maria Garcia, Film Journal International
A documentary about the demise of the filmmaker's village in Spain, The Sky Turns is poorly conceived but pleasing to look at. Full Review
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