The Silly Age (2006)

Name: The Silly Age
Genre: Drama
Released: 2006-01-01

1h 30m

Running Time

Plot.

The "edad de la peseta" or silly age is the term used in Cuba for the pre-adolescent period from the age of seven to the age of eleven. Set in 1958 in Havana, the year that culminates the Revolution, ten-year-old Samuel has just arrived in town with his recently divorced mother. They take up residence in the house of his eccentric grandmother Violeta, and Samuel is introduced to a new, mysterious world where Samuel finds himself an adult in comparison to his child-like mother.

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Cast & Crew.

Iván Carreira

Samuel

Mercedes Sampietro

Violeta

Susana Tejera

José Ángel Egido

Don Ramón

Carla Paneca

Pavel Giroud

Director

Luis Najmias Jr.

Cinematography

Ulises Hernández

Original Music Composer

Delfina Catalá

Producer

Arturo Infante

Writer

Lester Hamlet

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 2006

Original Name
La edad de la peseta

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 30m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-03-01

This Movie Is About.

young boy

1950s

Wiki.

The Silly Age (Spanish: La Edad de la peseta) is a 2006 Cuban film directed by Pavel Giroud. It was Cuba's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.

This film has been nominated to the Goya Awards as a Best Spanish Language Foreign Film, and has won 5 awards in three different film festivals around the world: a Golden India Catalina for Best Film in the Cartagena Film Festival; Best Art Direction, Best Director and Best Original Score winning the Feature Film Trophy in the Cine Ceará - National Cinema Festival; and the Audience Award (Elcine Second Prize) in the Lima Latinamerican Film Festival.