For as long as Arami can remember, her mother suffers from epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease. As the only child of an absent father, Arami had to be responsible for herself and her mother at a very young age, what proved to be a very demanding situation.
Then, several years ago, she could somehow cut the cord, as she found her own happiness in Switzerland, where she is living with her partner Patrick. Her mother is still living in Paraguay and Julia, an untrained help, cares for her around the clock for a modest salary.
However, her mother’s health is increasingly deteriorating. Julia can no longer cope with the situation and wants to quit her job. Since no one except Arami can look after her mother, she has to return to Paraguay. Will she be able to find a solution for her mother in a country, where the caretaking of the elderly is mainly up to their relatives? And if so, should she give up her happiness in Europe and go back to her mother?
El tiempo nublado is a supremely personal film about a universal issue, we all have to face: What are we going to do with our parents, once they are old and ill?
WITH
Mirna Villalba, Arami Ullón, Luis Ullón, Julia González, Patrick Oser, Osvaldo Ortíz Faiman, a.o.
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
Arami Ullón
PRODUCED BY
Pascal Trächslin, Arami Ullón
PRODUCTION MANAGERS
Lucas Toriño, Aline Pieth
DOP
Ramòn Giger
SOUND
Jean-Pierre Gerth
SOUND DESIGN
Oswald Schwander
SOUNDMIX
Ralf Krause
EDITING
Mirjam Krakenberger
EDITING ASSISTANT
Simon Gutknecht
ORIGINAL SCORE
Marcel Vaid
GRADING
Roger Sommer
POSTPRODUCTION
Panimage, Zürich
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Familie Former Grafik
POSTER PHOTOGRAPHY
Negib Giha
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Luis Bogado, Vidal Romero, Gerónimo López, Loredana-Nastassja Férnandez
PRODUCTION TRAINEES
Sina Stingelin, Jean-Luc Haas
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
Joaquín González de la Vega
TRANSLATIONS
Loredana-Nastassja Fernández, Aline Pieth, Patricia Masera, Marieke Fietz, Ursula Haas, Sylvia Barreto
EQUIPMENT
arbel film, Allschwil
PRODUCED BY
Cineworx Filmproduktion GmbH
SPONSORS
arbel film, Medialunas Calentitas, Uptitude, Printoos – Impresión digital, Las Rodríguez – Imagen y Vestuario, Nhi-Mu, El Tendedero, Planeador Producción y Comunicación, Familie Former Grafik
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
Bundesamt für Kultur (EDI), Filmstiftung Zürich, Fachausschuss Audiovision und Multimedia der Kantone BS/BL, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Kulturfonds Suissimage, Succès passage antenne (SRG SSR), Cineworx Filmverleih, Media Programme, FONDEC, COSUDE – Embajada de Suiza en Paraguay, RivieraLab, IBERDOC, Secretaría Nacional de Cultura de Paraguay
DISTRIBUTION SWITZERLAND
Cineworx
WORLD SALES
Film Republic, London
Arami Ullón was born in Asunción, Paraguay, in 1978, during the long and harsh dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner.
As a director she has done two independent short films: Ausencia de un nombre propio (Paraguay, 1998), and Beckon (Paraguay, 2000). She also directed theatre A bizarre matter of love (Paraguay, 2000). As an author, Arami published About abuse and other relatives, a book containing short stories which main theme is gender abuse.
She was awarded a scholarship to the Boston Film and Video Foundation, where she studied
hands-on filmmaking (US, 2000/2001) Her experience in production includes: music videos, TV programs and commercials for Latin American and European production companies. She was part of the production team for international feature films such as El toque del Oboe (Paraguay – Brazil, 1997), Miami Vice (US, 2006). Ullón is the producer of 18 cigarrillos y medio (Paraguay – Mexico – Spain, 2011).
After producing for Palma Pictures (Spain) she just finished her first cinema documentary, El Tiempo Nublado (Switzerland – Paraguay).
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