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.[2]
Character
The main character is the girl Helena, a princess.
Voice cast
The voice cast of the English speaking version includes:[2]
- 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.[3]
Reception
The film was a box office failure, managing to gross only $1,086,122.[1]
Accolades
The film received the 2006 Goya Award for animated films.[4]
See also
Notes and references
Notes
- ^ The feast of Saint John, celebrated on the night of June 23, being the traditional midsummer feast in Spain and Portugal.
References
- ^ a b “Midsummer Dream”. kinoafisha.info. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
- ^ a b BUFVC: Midsummer Dream n.d.
- ^ Silió 2005.
- ^ “| 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.