Portrait

Family photographs, memories, landscapes and scenes from the everyday life constitute the portrait of an attitude and a way of life. The portrait of a generation where marriage was "until death do us apart", and a time of misery and oppression marked by the inheritance of the Spanish Civil War.
The portrait of man and woman, father, mother and son, their worries, dreams, disappointments, experiences and feelings. The portrait of identity, origin, memory and a life like a puzzle to solve. Sometimes a confusing portrait, almost blurred, like memories. A portrait where facial expressions question the past, present and future, on the debate of life itself. We go round and round again but questions remain: who are we, and why are we like this?

Viaje al interior de la familia, Retrato es una joya para quien quiera ver un documental rodado en cine en blanco y negro. Es un viaje de Carlos Ruiz (barcelonés afincado en Portugal) al interior de sus padres, de su familia, de lo que pretendieron y no lograron y de lo que quisieron y consiguieron tener. El ritmo lento e intimista te adentra más allá del pasado en una reflexión de un matrimonio humilde sobre el tiempo y los errores. Obtuvo, entre otros, el premio Documenta, de Madrid.