Movie
Lights and Shadows
1988 · 105 min
A quiet, cerebral puzzle that drifts between painted past and troubled present, asking patience as it blurs what is real and what is made.
- Directed by
- Jaime Camino
- Genres
- History
- Starring
- José Luis Gómez, Jack Shepherd, Ángela Molina
- Overview
- This film within a film is based on the painting Las Meninas by Diego de Velazquez. A young boy enters the canvas of the famous picture of the Spanish king and his court. In order to return to the real world, he must convince the artist to create his famous painting. The other plot involves a film director who is not sure how his film within a film will be created. He is distracted by his troubled marriage and has difficulty focusing on his project.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Art, identity, memory, family
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Jaime Camino
- Genres
- History
- Starring
- José Luis Gómez, Jack Shepherd, Ángela Molina
