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Víctor Erice Shorts
Five characteristically contemplative, lyrical shorts by Spanish maestro Víctor Erice, three of them major works despite their brevity.
- Total running time 91min
Lifeline
Alumbramiento
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Director
Víctor Erice
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Spain-UK-Germany 2002. 12min
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Digital
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English subtitles
Made for the Ten Minutes Older compilation film, Erice’s superb short chronicles ten minutes in the life of a Basque farmhouse in 1940 (the year of his own birth); visually exquisite (in lustrous monochrome) and densely allusive.
La Morte Rouge
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Director
Víctor Erice
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Spain 2006. 33min
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Digital
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English subtitles
More clearly autobiographical, this finds Erice reminiscing about his first ever visit to the cinema – as a five-year-old in San Sebastián, to see a Sherlock Holmes movie – and contemplating the strange relationship between the cinema, life and death… A small masterpiece.
Ana, tres minutos
Ana, Three Minutes
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Director
Víctor Erice
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Spain 2011. 5min
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Digital
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English subtitles
Made for the compilation film 3.11 A Sense of Home, this has Ana Torrent (from The Spirit of the Beehive) about to go on stage and delivering a brief monologue about disasters in Japan.
Broken Windows
Vidros partidos
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Director
Víctor Erice
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Spain-Portugal 2012. 34min
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Digital
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English subtitles
Made for the compilation film Centro Historico, this deceptively simple work comprises (apparent) interviews with former employees at a massive, now-closed textile factory, reminiscing about their work and time there. The final section, with music, is especially affecting.
Prayer
Plegaria
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Director
Víctor Erice
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Spain 2018. 7min
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Digital
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English subtitles
A collage of photographs, some worn and damaged by time, shot over a long period in the same place.
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