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Sketches (1990-2003) (2003)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 28M

Director : Víctor Erice

Synopsis

Apuntes is a sort of prologue to ‘The Quince Tree Sun’. With images shot by Erice in the Summer of 1990, as he was preparing such film, observing how the painter Antonio López worked. Erice wrote and selected the texts which illustrate them. Apuntes is split in 6 parts to show López’s 6 projects.

Actors

Antonio López García
Antonio López García
Himself

Crews

Víctor Erice
Víctor Erice
Director
Víctor Erice
Víctor Erice
Writer

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