Lucinda Urrusti. Painter
(Lucinda Urrusti. Pintora)
Juan Francisco Urrusti | Documentary
2020 | 90 minutes | Mexico, Spain
A portrait of Spanish painter Lucinda Urrusti, who was exiled to Mexico with her family in 1939 as refugees from the Spanish Civil War.
Synopsis
Born in 1926 in the Spanish Moroccan city of Melilla, painter Lucinda Urrusti arrived in Mexico in 1939 with her family as refugees from the Spanish Civil War. Produced and directed by her nephew, Juan Francisco Urrusti, this documentary is built around interviews conducted from 2012 to 2017, immersing us in the artistic universe of this artist whose work is still little known.
Urrusti was part of Mexico's Generación de la Ruptura, artists that broke from the dominant Mexican muralism of the early 20th century. Her work employs an informalist language between figuration and abstraction, with a strong element of technical experimentation. She is recognized as a portraitist of personalities from Mexican cultural and scientific life such as Carlos Fuentes, Octavio Paza, and Juan Rulfo.
Urrusti's work is also recognized in the literary sphere, including writer Jaime Moreno-Villarreal, art researcher Eduardo Espinosa-Campos, and artist Manuel Felguérez.
Reviews
“Lucinda Urrusti, the paintbrush of the Spanish Republican exile who immortalized García Márquez. A documentary directed by her nephew, Juan Francisco Urrusti, recovers the life of the artist, privileged witness of the Mexican bohemia of the second half of the 20th century and portraitist of Carlos Fuentes, Octavio Paz or Juan Rulfo.” – Alejandro Santos Cid, El País (México)
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Pragda subjects
Biography
Exile
Family
Fascism + Repression
History
Latin American Studies
Migration Studies
North America
Visual Arts
Women
Keywords
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Festivals
LeFIFA International Festival of Films on Art; On Art; Paris Art and Movie Awards; FilmArte Festival Berlin - Best Director; San Francisco Latino Film Festival; San Diego Latino Film Festival; WorldFest Houston - Special Jury Remi Award for Documentary Feature; Wales International Film Festival; Seattle Latino Film Festival; Festival de Cine Latino Americano Texas; Overcome Film Festival - Best Documentary Story in a Feature Film; The Continental Film Festival; Alternative Indie Pro Fest - Best Art Documentary; Indie Doc Pro Film Festival - Best Biographical Doc
DIRECTOR: Juan Francisco Urrusti
NATIONALITY: Mexico, Spain
YEAR: 2020
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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