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DOCUMENTARY SHORT · 23:41 · 2004

Synopsis

Made by eighth-to-eleventh-grade students of Colegio Isaac Rabin between April and October 2004, filmed at the old Palo Seco leprosarium in Veracruz, Panama, a few years before it closed.

Of the six patients with Hansen's disease still living at the Palo Seco hospital, three, Rosa Fuentes, Ruth Thompson and Ricardo Thompson, generously gave us interviews. The other three did not take part, for personal or health reasons: Juan de León, Calixto Frías and Robustiano Ruiz.

PALO SECO · PHOTOGRAPHS

<span class="L en">Shooting at Palo Seco, 1 July 2004</span><span class="L es">Rodaje en Palo Seco, 1 de julio de 2004</span> — Shooting at Palo Seco, 1 July 2004

<span class="L en">Tomás Cortés shooting, 2004</span><span class="L es">Tomás Cortés rodando, 2004</span> — Tomás Cortés shooting, 2004

<span class="L en">Corridor of the leprosarium, 2004</span><span class="L es">Pasillo del leprosario, 2004</span> — Corridor of the leprosarium, 2004

<span class="L en">Empty ward, 2004</span><span class="L es">Sala vacía, 2004</span> — Empty ward, 2004

<span class="L en">Lockers, 2004</span><span class="L es">Casilleros, 2004</span> — Lockers, 2004

<span class="L en">The chapel, 2004</span><span class="L es">La capilla, 2004</span> — The chapel, 2004

<span class="L en">Palo Seco, 2005</span><span class="L es">Palo Seco, 2005</span> — Palo Seco, 2005

<span class="L en">Palo Seco, 17 January 2010</span><span class="L es">Palo Seco, 17 de enero de 2010</span> — Palo Seco, 17 January 2010

<span class="L en">The city across the bay, 2010</span><span class="L es">La ciudad al otro lado de la bahía, 2010</span> — The city across the bay, 2010

<span class="L en">The chapel, 2010</span><span class="L es">La capilla, 2010</span> — The chapel, 2010

<span class="L en">Common ward, 2010</span><span class="L es">Sala común, 2010</span> — Common ward, 2010

<span class="L en">Palo Seco, 2010</span><span class="L es">Palo Seco, 2010</span> — Palo Seco, 2010

<span class="L en">The wheelchair with Ricardo Thompson's name on it, 2010</span><span class="L es">La silla con el nombre de Ricardo Thompson, 2010</span> — The wheelchair with Ricardo Thompson's name on it, 2010

<span class="L en">Portraits on the dresser, 2010</span><span class="L es">Retratos sobre la cómoda, 2010</span> — Portraits on the dresser, 2010

<span class="L en">Palo Seco, 2010. Scanned negative</span><span class="L es">Palo Seco, 2010. Negativo escaneado</span> — Palo Seco, 2010. Scanned negative

MILESTONES

01Best short film in its category · 2nd Ibero-American Short Film Festival «Imágenes Jóvenes en la Diversidad Cultural» · Fundación Kine, Argentina · 2005 ↗
02Honourable mention for the screenplay · same festival ↗
03Official selection · ATEI Ibero-American Festival, Spain's Educational Television · broadcast by satellite across Latin America and Spain ↗
04Invited to FIDMarseille, France · 2005 ↗
05Broadcast on Canal 11, Panama, and screened in the Film Appreciation Course at Cines Alhambra ↗
06Best editing and best camera · school competition it was made for ↗