EL ESPEJO

The Mirror

España. 2006. Color. 17 min. Ficción. 35mm.
  • Film Director: Lilí Cabrera; Valerio Veneras Ruiz.
  • Scriptwriter: Lilí Cabrera; Valerio Veneras Ruiz.
  • Producer: Lilí Cabrera.
Adan and Paloma, a young painter and his girlfriend, visit an apartment for rent. Here they will come across a sofisticated and peculiar land lady, who lives upstairs, that will show them the place. The apartment is old, big and with lots of light. Just the thing they were looking for. What brings there attention most of all is a big and old mirror that dominates the living room. The painter is fascinated by it from the very start. Once they settle in, Adan starts a new painting willing to change his style but not knowing how. When his art dealer, Rafa, drops by to talk about his next exhibition that will take place very soon, he discovers a blocked painter full of anguish. Rafa finds that all his portraits are full of mistery and gives him the following advice: paint a portrait that will break the character’s mask and reveal his soul. 'The authentic portrait is within that we cannot see' Adan agrees and immerses in a passionate creative process...

Lilí Cabrera
Lilí was born in Colombia 25 years ago, in a cinema family. When she was a child, she took Acting classes and acted in various soap series until she discovered that she preferred being behind the camera. She travelled to Italy where she started her formation. In 2000, she arrived in Spain and did several classes of Screenplays, Direction, Photography at the same time that she was working in feature films, in photography: 'El penalti más largo del mundo', 'Perder es cuestión de método', 'The Bear's Kiss' and 'Desde que amanece apetece'. 'El espejo' is her debut as director. Currently she's in her second year of the ECAM.
Valerio Veneras Ruiz