Midsummer Dream

Midsummer Dream
Directed by	Ángel de la Cruz Manolo Gómez
Written by	Ángel de la Cruz Beatriz Iso
Produced by	Manolo Gómez
Starring	Romola Garai Bernard Hill Billy Boyd Rhys Ifans Miranda Richardson Fiona Shaw Toby Stephens
Cinematography	Manuel Alvariño
Music by	Sergio Pena Castro Arturo B. Kress
Production company	Dygra Films
Distributed by	Buena Vista International
Release date	1 July 2005 (2005-07-01) (Spain)
Running time	85 minutes
Countries	Spain Portugal
Languages	Spanish English

Midsummer Dream (Spanish: El Sueño de una noche de San Juan, lit. 'A Dream of a Night of Saint John'^[a]) 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.^[1]

Character

The main character is the girl Helena, a princess.

Voice cast

The voice cast of the English speaking version includes:^[1]

• Romola Garai as Helena
• Bernard Hill as Theseus
• Billy Boyd as Puck
• Rhys Ifans as Lysander
• Miranda Richardson as Titania
• Fiona Shaw as The Witches
• Toby Stephens as Demetrius

Production

Directed by Ángel de la Cruz and Manolo Gómez, the production team totalled over 400 people over the lifetime of the project.^[2]

Accolades

The film received the 2006 Goya Award for animated films.^[3]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2005

Notes and references

Notes

1. The feast of Saint John, celebrated on the night of June 23, being the traditional midsummer feast in Spain and Portugal.

References

1. BUFVC: Midsummer Dream n.d.
2. Silió 2005.
3. "| O soño dunha noite de San Xoán / El sueño de una noche de San Juan | AVG | AudioVisual Galego". culturagalega.gal. Retrieved 2024-06-09.

Sources

• "Sueno de una Noche de San Juan, El (English Version)". British Universities Film and Video Council. n.d. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
• Silió, Elisa (1 July 2005). "Sueño de una noche de San Juan se inspira en Shakespeare". El País. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

Further reading

• Rosenthal, Daniel (2007). 100 Shakespeare Films. Screen Guides. British Film Institute. ISBN 978-1-84457-169-7.

External links

• Midsummer Dream at IMDb
• Midsummer Dream at Rotten Tomatoes