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Hemingway: A Portrait (1999)

Hemingway: A Portrait poster
Directed by
Érik Canuel
Country
Canada
Runtime
18 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A film crew assembles a newsreel about the life of Ernest Hemingway after his death in 1961. It shows how they piece together his story through footage and interviews.

reflectivedocumentary-stylenostalgiccontemplativesomberinformativearchivalreverent

What happens

Hemingway: A Portrait is a 1999 Canadian short docudrama film, directed by Érik Canuel. The film portrays a film crew putting together a newsreel retrospective about the life of Ernest Hemingway following his death in 1961. The film was distributed as part of a double bill with Aleksandr Petrov's animated film The Old Man and the Sea. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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