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Film · Documentary, History

The Portraitist (2013)

★ 6.0 · 1 votes52 minHistory2013

A documentary on freedom and childhood. The history of a dream truncated by dictatorship. The tale of a teacher killed and forgotten at home, whose legacy reappears after decades on the other side of the ocean.

During the 30s, the young Catalan teacher Antoni Benaiges takes office at a rural school in northern Spain. Antoni has a simple project: he wants to teach his pupils to write and to be free through the use of the printing press. But his dream ends very soon. An individual and collective story in memory of the victims of the Franco's repression.

Director
Alberto Bougleux
Writers
Alberto Bougleux, Sergi Bernal
Country
Spain
Language
Spanish
Release date
October 1, 2013
Original title
El Retratista

The Portraitist was released on October 1, 2013.

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