Cloudy Times
El Tiempo Nublado
Directed by
Paraguay, Switzerland
2014
92 min
- Spanish
- German
Documentary
Paraguayan submission for the Academy Awards
Arami Ullón must return to Paraguay to make an important decision: what will happen to her sick mother, Mirna? The heartfelt gaze of the camera reveals a relationship filled with love, but also unspoken and unresolved issues. A sensitive film which examines the inner turmoil of the daughter during the final stages of her mother’s degenerative illness.
Awards
- Best First Feature (Regard Neuf), Special Mention (Cinéma Suisse) - Visions du Réel IFF
Festivals
Credits
- Cast
- Mirna Villalba
- Arami Ullón
- Luis Ullón
- Julia González
- Patrick Oser
- Osvaldo Ortíz Faiman
- Screenplay
- Arami Ullón
- Cinematography
- Ramòn Giger
- Editing
- Mirjam Krakenberger
- Music
- Marcel Vaid
Director's Statement
This documentary will expose to society and through my character (me in real life) I will attempt to challenge the viewer to question or even rethink the relationship between adult children and elderly parents. The time coincides between the need to place my mother in a nursing home and the historical and social time Paraguay is currently living. This setting makes the ideal time for this documentary to be done, the reality of hundreds of Paraguayans told through a personal story.
- Production
- CINEWORX FILMPRODUKTION GMBH
- Sales
- FILM REPUBLIC
Arami Ullón
Paraguay, Switzerland
My work doesn’t attempt to be spectacular. Instead, it explores depths in the protagonists and their circumstances: through fine details I look for honesty in emotions, allowing social and political aspects to emerge in the background.
Arami Ullón was born in 1978 in Asunción, Paraguay. She produced 18 AND A HALF CIGARETTES (2011), and directed the short film ABSENCE OF AN OWN NAME (1999), which was censored in her country. Her feature documentary debut CLOUDY TIMES (2014) was awarded the Regard Neuf for Best First Film at Visions du Réel (2014) and was the first Paraguayan entry to the Oscars (2016). Her second feature documentary NOTHING BUT THE SUN ( 2020), was the opening film of IDFA 2020. Ullón directs, writes, and produces, working between Switzerland and Paraguay.
