The Portraitist
2013, Spanish. Directed by Alberto Bougleux.
A documentary on freedom and childhood. The history of a dream truncated by dictatorship. The tale of a teacher killed and forgotten at home, whose legacy reappears after decades on the other side of the ocean.
During the 30s, the young Catalan teacher Antoni Benaiges takes office at a rural school in northern Spain. Antoni has a simple project: he wants to teach his pupils to write and to be free through the use of the printing press. But his dream ends very soon. An individual and collective story in memory of the victims of the Franco's repression.
- Runtime
- 0h 52m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 1 October 2013
- Original title
- El Retratista
- Country
- Spain
- Written by
- Alberto Bougleux, Sergi Bernal
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The Portraitist runs 52 minutes (0h 52m).
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The Portraitist isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 October 2013. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Portraitist?
The Portraitist (2013) was directed by Alberto Bougleux.