The Man with Rain in His Shoes

{{short description|1998 film by María Ripoll}}

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| writer = Rafa Russo

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The Man with Rain in His Shoes is a 1998 Spanish-British romantic comedy film, written by Spanish singer-songwriter Rafa Russo, directed by Spanish filmmaker María Ripoll{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E5D81639F93AA15752C1A96E958260|title=Up And Coming: Penelope Cruz; A Spanish Siren, Heading West |last=Wolf|first=Matt|date=29 November 1998|work=The New York Times|access-date=3 August 2008}} (in her directing debut){{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/1999/06/11/DD91498.DTL&type=printable|title='Yesterday' a Quixotic Love Story Gone Astray|last=Stack|first=Peter|date=11 June 1999|work=San Francisco Chronicle|publisher=Hearst Communications|pages=C - 5|access-date=3 August 2008}} and starring Lena Headey, Douglas Henshall, Penélope Cruz, Mark Strong and Elizabeth McGovern with Paul Popplewell. The film was released under the titles Twice Upon a Yesterday in the United States and If Only... in France, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

Plot

Victor is an actor in London who is desperate to stop his ex-girlfriend, Sylvia, to whom he was unfaithful, from marrying another man. After meeting two mysterious dustmen, he is given the chance to travel back in time and relive his romance. However, he finds that things develop differently this time around—Sylvia has an affair with Dave, and she leaves him.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features songs performed by Alpha Blondy, Nigel and Lewis, Salif Keita, and Susana Martins. The film's writer Rafa Russo also performs his own composition "Friends Are Friends".

Awards

The film won Best Screenplay 1998 at the Montreal World Film Festival,{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117480183.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|title=Pic pair pack prizes|last=Kelly|first=Brendon|date=8 September 1998|work=Variety|publisher=Reed Elsevier|access-date=3 August 2008}} the Gran Angular Award 1998 at the Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=104504§ion=award|title=If Only... Movie Review (1998)|work=Channel 4 Film|access-date=3 August 2008}} and the Bronze Precolumbian Circle at the 1999 Bogota Film Festival.

See also

References

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