The Portrait of the Pestilence

(Redirected from El retrato de la peste)

The Portrait of the Pestilence (Spanish: El Retrato de la Peste) is a 2008 stop motion-animated short film written, directed and animated by Lucila Las Heras.

The Portrait of the Pestilence
SpanishEl Retrato de la Peste
Directed byLucila Las Heras
Produced byAnn Marie Flemming
Gabriela Avigliano
Lucila Las Heras
Matías A. Gamio
Edited byAlberto Ponce
Music byPablo Borghi
Release date
  • 2008 (2008)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryArgentina

Plot edit

Away in a tower, somewhere in Europe during the Middle Ages, Benjamin, a young painting apprentice, lives happily with his teacher, devoting his life to art. But the arrival of a mysterious plague threatens all they have.

Awards edit

  • 2008 - Mejor Cortometraje de Animación (Best Animation Short Film) 3er. Festival Pizza, Birra y Cortos (Gálvez, Santa Fé, Argentina)
  • 2008 - Mejor Cortometraje de Animación (Best Animation Short Film) AV Al Extremo Cortos (Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina)
  • 2009 - Mejor Cortometraje (Best Short Film) II Festival Gualeguaychú Suma Cine (Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos, Argentina)

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