Jonah and the Pink Whale

Jonah and the Pink Whale

"Jonah and the Pink Whale" (Spanish title: "Jonás y la ballena rosada") is a 1995 Bolivian comedy film directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia. The film is based on the 1987 novel by José Wolfango Montes Vannuci [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=bFdc24rnt_IC&pg=PA129&lpg=PA129&dq=%22Jonah+and+the+Pink+Whale%22&source=web&ots=RBJ_QGfNsa&sig=A-Lq9lrsLjKQnyUS75EN3njCdws&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result “Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature” by Verity Smith] ] and it focuses on a teacher who has an affair with his sister-in-law while struggling to cope with the pressures created by his wife's eccentric family. [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/136059/Jonah-and-the-Pink-Whale/overview AllMovie Guide/New York Times overview] ] [ [http://www.utc.edu/Academic/ForeignLanguagesAndLiteratures/films.php “Home / Foreign Languages & Literatures / Foreign Film Reviews...”, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga] ]

"Jonah and the Pink Whale" was the Bolivian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film competition in the 68th Academy Awards, but it did not receive an Oscar nomination. [ [http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960216&slug=2314388 “Portland's Movie Fest Starts Tonight,” Seattle Times, February 16, 1996] ]

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