Rough Winds () is a 2006 Spanish melodrama film directed by Gerardo Herrero adapting the novel Los aires difÃÂciles by Almudena Grandes. It features José Luis GarcÃÂa Pérez, Cuca Escribano and Carmen ElÃÂas.
After surviving a shipwreck, Juan Olmedo seeks solace and redress together with his brother Alfonso (a mentally handicapped person) and his niece Tamara in an Andalusian village in the Atlantic coast of the province of Cádiz, seeking to overcome the death of Charo (Juan's child love, wife of his brother Damián, and Juan's lover) in a traffic collision. He develops a bond and sexual relationship with the maid, the lively Maribel, while Panrico (Maribel's former partner) and Sara (Juan's neighbor and Maribel's friend) stay aloof.
An adaptation of the novel Los vientos difÃÂciles by Almudena Grandes, the screenplay was penned by ÃÂngeles González-Sinde and Alberto MacÃÂas. The film is a Tornasol Films, Continental Producciones and Maestranza Films production. Shooting locations included Zahara de los Atunes, Barbate and Madrid.
The film was presented at the 9th Málaga Film Festival, screened as part of the festival's main competition. Distributed by Alta Classics, the film was theatrically released in Spain on 24 March 2006.
Fernando Méndez-Leite of Fotogramas scored a 4 out 5 stars rating, underscoring Rough Winds to be a film "for fans of character-driven and sentimental films", drawing out the design and the performance by Carmen ElÃÂas as the best thing about the film.
Jonathan Holland of Variety presented the film as "skillfully-handled butâÂÂgiven its subjectâÂÂpassionless drama", dragged by a "bland" performance by José Luis GarcÃÂa Pérez, otherwise highlighting Cuca Escribano's as the standout performance.
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