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The Portraitist

Name: The Portraitist
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2013-10-01
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 6

★ 6,0 /10 (1 Votes)

2013 ES 52 min

Overview

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.

Stream

Release date

01/10/2013

Votes

Popularity

1.3

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.

Genres

Documentary History

Status

Released

Original title

El Retratista

Language

Runtime

52 min

Website

www.albertobougleux.com