Rey Muerto is a 12-minute fictional live-action short film written and directed by Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel and released 19 May 1995.
The story takes place in the fictional village of Rey Muerto ("Dead King") in northeastern Argentina.
Alejandro Ricagno in El Amante del Cine writew: The technical aspects are, for the most part, impeccable and in service to the stories.
One might enjoy one [film] more than another...but you leave the theater...having seen a cinematic program composed of attractive short stories with diverse atmospheres and goals.
[2]Claudio España in La Nación gices the opinion that:The work of these young people does not seek visual artifice, and its filmic language is based on the immediate image, simple and far from excesses.