Underplayed Gems

Rey Muerto (1995)

Rey Muerto poster
Original title
Historias Breves I: Rey muerto
Directed by
Lucrecia Martel
Genre
drama film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
12 min
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This short film follows a man who must deal with a dead body. It shows the ordinary and strange parts of handling death.

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What happens

Rey Muerto is a 12-minute fictional live-action short film written and directed by Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel and released 19 May 1995. It was included in Historias breves I ("Short Stories I"), the first edition of the INCAA competition, which was fundamental to the rise and recognition of the generation of Argentine filmmakers known variously as Cine Independiente Argentino or Nuevo Cine Argentino ("new" or "independent" Argentine film). This film and other winners of a 1994 Argentine National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts short film contest were brought together to form the feature-length Historias breves, released 19 May 1995. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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