The Psychologist

by Andrés Guillermo Barreto

Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Venezuela

Synopsis

Leopoldo, a kind and meticulous psychologist, conducts three heartfelt and unexpected sessions over the course of a day. In each of them he deals with feelings caused by frustration, grief and fear, aspects that will gradually make the personal and the professional intertwine in a way that he himself did not see coming.

Director's biography

Andrés Barreto Valecillos was born on September 8, 2000 in Caracas, Venezuela. He grew up in the same city, where he graduated from Colegio Simón Bolívar with the highest average of the XX class and with a higher advanced level of English (C2).
He began his university studies at the age of 18 at the Andrés Bello Catholic University. There he studied Social Communication for five years, was part of his school's student center as Communications Coordinator and obtained recognition for academic excellence in his last semester, in 2023. Over the course of his career, he chose the concentrations of Integrated Marketing Communications and Audiovisual Production.
He is the director and screenwriter of an audiovisual production company made up of Social Communication students at UCAB called Vlue Pictures. Under that role, he directed five university short films, of which his most recent work entitled The Psychologist stands out, the final short film of his career.
Additionally, he trained in the audiovisual area under the tutelage of the producer Hilda De Luca, with whom he completed an intensive course on audiovisual production in May 2023. In October of the same year, he will begin his acting training at La Compañía de Actores Elite del Grupo Fable theater.

Credits

Director: Andrés Guillermo Barreto

Screenplay: Andrés Guillermo Barreto

Cinematography: Belén Goncalvez

Music: José Antonio Trejo, Maria Laura Bustamante

Sound design: Alejandro Blanco

Specifications

Original title: El Psicólogo

Running time: 23'

Film type: Fiction

Country: Venezuela