Le Songe de la lumière

This is the story of a painter (Antonio López) who tries to paint a fruit-laden quince tree that he had planted in the garden of a house he uses as his studio. All his life long, he has come back to this subject, as if driven by a compelling need. Each autumn, this need makes itself felt. Yet, there is something that he has never put into his paintings: the rays of sun filtering through the leaves. As his paintings style is extremely precise, this is a painstaking and, in practice, almost impossible task. However, this year, he has decided to take up the challenge. Yet, he proceeds as usual, with a reasonable degree of tension, without wanting to finish his painting at any price, and with no other wish than to spend a few weeks in the company of this fragile, generous tree.
The film documents this experience and, from time to time, the other things that surround the house and its garden (the passing days, the daily routine, people and objects...).
A space and time - in autumn 1990 – in which the artist works, and where the fruit ripen into all their splendour. At the first hint of winter, the ripened quinces fall from the branches, putting a stop to the painter’s work, and begin to decay in the earth.
Then, one night, the painter tells us about a dream.