The Year of the Flood (Spanish: El año del diluvio)[1][2] is a 2004 romantic drama film directed by Jaime Chávarri based on the novel of the same name by Eduardo Mendoza which stars Fanny Ardant and Darío Grandinetti.

Set in a Catalan village in 1953, the plot follows the romantic relationship between Sor Consuelo, a nun, and Don Augusto Aixelá, a womanizing local landholder.

[4] A joint Spanish-French-Italian co-production, the film was produced by GONA alongside Oberon Cinematográfica, Babe and Kairòs.

[7] Penned by Eduardo Mendoza and Jaime Chávarri, the screenplay is an adaptation of the 1992 novel of the same name authored by the former.

[8] Distributed by United International Pictures,[2] it was theatrically released in Spain on 28 April 2004.