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Rey Muerto
Rey Muerto is a 12-minute fictional live-action short film written and directed by Argentina, Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel and released 19 May 1995. It was included in ''Historias breves I'' ("Short Stories I"), the first edition of the INCAA competition, which was fundamental to the rise and recognition of the generation of Argentine filmmakers known variously as ''Cine Independiente Argentino'' or ''Nuevo Cine Argentino'' ("new" or "independent" Argentine film). This film and other winners of a 1994 Argentine National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts short film contest were brought together to form the feature-length ''Historias breves'', released 19 May 1995. Synopsis The story takes place in the fictional village of Rey Muerto ("Dead King") in northeastern Argentina. A woman tries to escape a husband who has been treating her badly, bringing her three children with her. Cast * Roly Serrano * Sandra Ceballos * Marcelo Machuca * Carlos Aldana * Lía Crucet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucrecia Martel
Lucrecia Martel (born December 14, 1966) is an Argentine film director, screenwriter and producer whose feature films have frequented Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto, and many other international film festivals. Film scholar Paul Julian Smith wrote in 2015 that she is "arguably the most critically acclaimed auteur in Spanish-language art cinema outside Latin America" and that her " transnational auteurism and demanding features have earned her a hard-won reputation in the world art cinema festival circuit". Similarly, film scholar Haden Guest has called her "one of the most prodigiously talented filmmakers in contemporary world cinema", and film scholar David Oubiña has called her body of work a "rare perfection". In April 2018, ''Vogue'' called her "one of the greatest directors in the world right now". Her 2001 debut feature film '' La Ciénaga'' (''The Swamp''), about an indulgent bourgeois extended family spending the summertime in a decrepit vacation home in provincial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |