The Painting Lesson
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Release Date: March 8, 2012
Original name: La lección de pintura
Status: Released
Running time: 1h 25m
Plot.
In Chile, during the 60´s, the son of a poor single teenage girl turns out to be a gifted painter. The man to discover his talent is the owner of the drugstore that lies in the outskirts of the small rural town, next to the railroad. He himself is an amateur painter who will try to make the boy into a great artist, like all the ones in his art books. From the pharmacists point of view in his old age, unfolds the story of this young boy who could have become a great art genius, had he not disappeared at the age of 13, along with all his works, on September 11th 1973, the day of the coupe d´état.
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The painting lesson is a Chilean film co-produced between Spain, Mexico and Chile, directed and written by Pablo Perelman, premiered worldwide on March 25, 2011 at the Guadalajara Film Festival. In Chile, it was premiered on October 23, 2011 at the Valdivia Film Festival. The film is based on the homonymous novel by Adolfo Couve.