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| Director: | José Luis Cuerda | ||
| Based On: | L'Éducation d'une fée by Didier Van Cauwelaert | ||
| Cinematography: | Hans Burmann | ||
| Editing: | Nacho Ruiz Capillas | ||
| Music: | Lucio Godoy | ||
| Runtime: | 103 minutes |
The Education of Fairies (Spanish; Castilian: '''La educación de las hadas'''|link=no) is a 2006 drama film directed by José Luis Cuerda.[1] It is a co-production by companies from Spain, France, Argentina, and Portugal (Tornasol Films, Finales Felices, Messidor Films, Lazennec, Pol-Ka Producciones, Madragoa Filmes).[2] [3] It is based on the novel L'Éducation d'une fée by Didier Van Cauwelaert and primarily shot in Spanish, with some dialogue in French.
One morning, on a flight from Alicante to Barcelona, Nicolás meets Ingrid, a widowed ornithologist, and her son Raúl, a boy with an extraordinary imagination. At that moment, love blossoms, a fairy tale between the woman and the toy inventor, in which the little boy plays a significant role. However, everything shatters suddenly when Ingrid decides to end the relationship without any apparent reason.