Las Meninas, 1656, Diego Velázquez

A Short film of

Carlos Franklin

Produced by

Les Poissons Volants

Production year2014

Runtime

26m

Synopsis

A film from the Les Petits Secrets des grands tableaux collection - Season 1

In Las Meninas, Diego Velázquez accumulates dizzying effects and the enigmatic echoes of life in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and reveals a painting that questions the power of the monarch and of the artist. Between illusion and reality.

Credits

Director (1)

Carlos Franklin
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Production and distribution (2)

Executive Producer : Les Poissons Volants

Co-productions : ARTE France, Rmn - Grand Palais, Réseau Canopé, Musée d'Orsay

Full credits (13)

Executive Producer : Sophie Goupil

Screenwriters : Élisabeth Couturier, Thomas Cheysson

Music Composer : Roque Rivas

Editor : Julien Ngo-Trong

Sound Recordist : Stéphane Larrat

Executive Producer : Nawal Tahiri

Voice : Clémentine Célarié

Sound Editor : Julien Ngo-Trong

Production Assistant : Saskia Nilly

Special Effects : Erwann Chabot, Sandrine Belmont, Cem Ölçer

Grader : François Lavignotte

Sound mixer : Marie-Odile Dupont

Post-production supervisor : François-Joseph Botbol

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Animated film, Documentary
Sub-genre : 2D & 3D animation
Themes : Art, Painting, History
Production language : French, English, German
Production country : France
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2014
Runtime : 26 min
Production formats : Digital creation
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 16/9
Audio format : Stereo
Rating restrictions : None

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Thanks to digital animation, details of masterpieces from the history of art come alive to recount the spirit of the age and the upheavals of history: wars, revolutions, economic transformations, scientific discoveries, beliefs, and flow of ideas.

Resources

Website(1)

http://www.poissonsvolants.com/project/les-petits-secrets-des-grands-tableaux-saison-1/

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