Plagiarism? It seems that the filmmaker Alonso Alvarez Barreda, director of the short film History of a Sign and winner in Cannes has been accused of stealing the story of his short from an exercise that is usually shown to advertising students entitled The Blind Man and the Publicist, in which, as in his short, a blind man is helped by a person dressed in a suit.
For its part, Alonso Alvarez Barreda, has denied having carried out any type of plagiarism.
“My story comes from a call that Alejandro Monteverde (director of 'Bella') made me, that's how the story came about. Neither of us knew that something similar existed, I have never seen that short; I only knew that it existed because I received an email "
Alonso Alvarez Barreda
On the other hand, the creative team of History of a sign, has made a series of statements that do not say much in favor of this director, in which they assured that he worked very little on the film.
“Alonso already had all the actors; he chose them. We can give him the casting credit, it's the only thing we can attribute to him. he was just standing there. Antonio Gaona did everything, all the credit goes to him "
Gerardo Hernández, from Digital Talent
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