''A Thousand Clouds of Peace'' is a 2003

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written and directed by Julián Hernández. Its original Spanish title is ''Mil nubes de paz cercan el cielo, amor, jamás acabarás de ser amor'' and alternative titles for it are ''A Thousand Clouds of Peace Fence the Sky, Love; Your Being Love Will Never End'' and ''A Thousand Peace Clouds Encircle the Sky''.

Plot

Not long after coming to terms with his

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, 17-year-old Gerardo has broken up with his first serious boyfriend. Trying to ease his pain he has a number of casual sexual encounters in

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Cast

* Juan Carlos Ortuno as Gerardo * Juan Torres as Bruno * Perla de la Rosa as Anna * Salvador Alvarez as Susana * Rosa-Maria Gomez as Mary * Mario Oliver as Umberto * Clarisa Rendón as Nadia * Salvador Hernandez as Antonio *

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as Andres * Martha Gomez as Martha * Manuel Grapain Zaquelarez as Jorge * Miguel Loaiza as Adrian * Llane Fragoso as Mirella * Pilar Ruiz as Lola

Reception

Movie review website

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gave ''A Thousand Clouds of Peace'' a "rotten" rating of 32% based on eight reviews.

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gave it a "generally negative" rating of 35% based on 16 reviews. In 2003 the film won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the Berlin International Film Festival as well as the awards for Best First Work at the

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. In 2004 it won the Silver Ariel at the Ariel Awards in Mexico.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thousand Clouds Of Peace 2003 films Mexican black-and-white films 2000s Spanish-language films Mexican LGBT-related films 2003 romantic drama films Mexican romantic drama films 2000s Mexican films