From The Sea

Miguelanxo Prado
Spain-Portugal
2006

De Profundis doesn’t aim to convince: It aims to suggest. It doesn’t aim to impose reality on the audience with technical prodigies. It aims to achieve sentimental and aesthetic complicity with them.

75", 35mm
Color,

about the film

Once upon a time there was a house in the middle of the sea where a woman waited while she played a melancholy violoncello. She was waiting for her beloved, a painter who had always wanted to be a sailor so that he could navigate amongst the jellyfish, the sea stars and the thousand coloured fishes that he dreamt of in his paintings. His fascination led him to undertake a trip with the purpose of discovering the exciting beauty and mysteries of the deep sea, but one that meant that neither of them knew if they would ever meet again. De Profundis is a voyage to the depths of the sea, a dream come true, a love story, a poem in motion...

about the director

Miguelanxo Prado is one of the most important authors in the comic book field who has been working since 1983. In recent years he has moved into illustrations, painting and conventional animation. With De Profundis he has created a unique audiovisual experience that is also his first feature length animation.

awards

2007 Goya Awards: Nominated for Best Animation Feature
San Sebastian Film Festival

screenings

February 14 Thursday, 10:00 PM AFM Budak Caddebostan

February 23 Saturday, 4:00 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 7

February 24 Sunday, 7:30 PM AFM İstinye Park

February 27 Wednesday, 7:00 PM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 1

March 01 Saturday, 11:00 AM AFM CEPA Ankara 2

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