Néstor Almendros’ Lost Film Found in Montreal

By Breixo Viejo

Before becoming one of the major cinematographers of modern cinema, Néstor Almendros (Barcelona, 1930 - New York, 1992) worked as an experimental and documentary filmmaker in the United States, Cuba, and France. One of his short films, Fifty-Eight/Fifty-Nine (1959), believed to be lost, has recently been found at the Cinémathèque québécoise.