Midsummer Dream

{{Short description|2005 film by Ángel de la Cruz}}

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| image=

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| director=Ángel de la Cruz
Manolo Gómez

| producer= Manolo Gómez

| writer=Ángel de la Cruz
Beatriz Iso

| narrator=

| starring= Romola Garai
Bernard Hill
Billy Boyd
Rhys Ifans
Miranda Richardson
Fiona Shaw
Toby Stephens

| music= Sergio Pena Castro
Arturo B. Kress

| cinematography = Manuel Alvariño

| editing=

| studio=Dygra Films

| distributor= Buena Vista International

| released={{Film date|2005|07|1|Spain|df=yes}}

| runtime=85 minutes

| country= Spain
Portugal

| language=Spanish
English

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| gross=

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Midsummer Dream ({{langx|es|El Sueño de una noche de San Juan|lit=A Dream of a Night of Saint John}}{{efn|The feast of Saint John, celebrated on the night of June 23, being the traditional midsummer feast in Spain and Portugal.}}) is a 2005 animated film from Dygra Films, the creators of The Living Forest. Made in Spain and Portugal, the film is loosely based on William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.{{sfn|BUFVC: Midsummer Dream|n.d.}}

Character

The main character is the girl Helena, a princess.

Voice cast

The voice cast of the English speaking version includes:{{sfn|BUFVC: Midsummer Dream|n.d.}}

Production

Directed by Ángel de la Cruz and Manolo Gómez, the production team totalled over 400 people over the lifetime of the project.{{sfn|Silió|2005}}

Accolades

The film received the 2006 Goya Award for animated films.{{Cite web |title={{!}} O soño dunha noite de San Xoán / El sueño de una noche de San Juan {{!}} AVG {{!}} AudioVisual Galego |url=https://culturagalega.gal/avg/produccion.php?Cod_prdccn=307 |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=culturagalega.gal}}

See also

Notes and references

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Sources

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  • {{cite web

|title = Sueno de una Noche de San Juan, El (English Version)

|author =

|website = British Universities Film and Video Council

|date = n.d.

|access-date = 5 January 2018

|url = http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av36975

|ref = {{harvid|BUFVC: Midsummer Dream|n.d.}}

}}

  • {{cite news

|title = Sueño de una noche de San Juan se inspira en Shakespeare

|last = Silió

|first = Elisa

|website = El País

|date = 1 July 2005

|access-date = 5 January 2018

|url = https://elpais.com/diario/2005/07/01/cine/1120168811_850215.html

}}

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Further reading

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  • {{cite book

|title = 100 Shakespeare Films

|last = Rosenthal

|first = Daniel

|series = Screen Guides

|publisher = British Film Institute

|year = 2007

|isbn = 978-1-84457-169-7

}}

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