Short film
The Portrait
1913 · 10 min
A brief, dreamlike silent warning that lingers with a quiet, moral chill.
- Directed by
- George Lessey
- Starring
- Marc McDermott, Miriam Nesbitt
- Overview
- Not "as in a looking glass" but "as in his own portrait" in a dream does Paul Le Grand, the famous artist, see the lines of dissipation come, one by one, after each successive debauch.
- How it feels
- Dark, melancholic, eerie and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Guilt, obsession, identity, morality
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- George Lessey
- Starring
- Marc McDermott, Miriam Nesbitt
