The Sea and Time is a 1989 Spanish drama film directed and written by Fernando Fernán Gómez based on his novel of the same name.

Plot

Jesús, the protagonist, is a Spaniard exiled in Argentina who returns to Spain in the spring of 1968 in order to reunite with his family. However, things have changed and the family that awaits him in Spain is very different from the one he left before leaving for Argentina.

Cast

Release

The film screened at the 37th San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 1989. Distributed by United International Pictures, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 26 September 1989.

Reception

Ángel Fernández-Santos of El País considered that Fernán-Gómez delivered "a new lesson in complexity disguised as simplicity".

Accolades

The film also obtained the Special Jury Prize at the 1989 San Sebastián International Film Festival.