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| Aquileo y Héctor | |
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| Directed by | Ella Price |
| Written by | Ella Price Andrea Gutiérrez |
| Produced by | Andrew Grigiss |
| Starring | Andrea Gutiérrez Irma Torres Eduardo Santos |
| Cinematography | Caitilin Shain |
| Edited by | Ella Price |
Release date |
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Running time | 18 min. |
| Language | Spanish |
| Budget | Approx. $2,000 |
Aquileo y Héctor is a 2022 experimental short horror film directed by Ella Price, and co-written by Price and Andrea Gutiérrez, who stars in the film. Set in France during the Thirty Years' War, the film is loosely based on the Iliad and other Greek mythology. It is also inspired by the works of Francisco de Goya, primarily his Disasters of War series.
Price made Aquileo y Héctor while studying film production at Wright State University.
Cast
[edit]- Andrea Gutiérrez as Aquileo, a Spanish soldier during the Franco-Spanish War
- Gutiérrez also plays Héctor, a French commanding officer
- Irma Torres as Patroclo, a fellow soldier and Aquileo's lover
- Eduardo Santos as Agamenón, a Captain in the Spanish Army
- Valero Belmonte as Odiseo, an old, pessimistic Spanish soldier
- Miguel Fonseca as Menelao, younger brother of Agamenón
- Dominga Cruz as Ayante, a brutish Spanish soldier with a temper
- Emilio Gallego as el Fantasma, a spirit who appears to Aquileo