Stealing Rodin

Robar a Rodin

20th TDF: Εuropean premiere

One morning of June 2005, the guards of the Chilean National Fine Arts Museum noticed that the Auguste Rodin’s sculpture was missing. Twenthy-four hours later, a shy young art student returned the piece arguing that he had stolen it as part of an artistic performance that aimed to prove that art is often more present through its absence. A self-reflective documentary that deepens into the issues of contemporary art and a true artist’s dilemmas.

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Direction: Cristóbal Valenzuela
Script: Cristóbal Valenzuela, María Luisa Furché, Sebastián Rioseco
Cinematography: David Bravo
Editing: Juan Eduardo Murillo
Sound: José Manuel Gatica, Roberto Espinoza
Music: Jorge Cabargas
Production: María una vez
Producers: María Paz González
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Chile, France
Production Year: 2017
Duration: 80'
Contact: María Paz González, mariapaz@mariaunavez.cl
Awards/Distinctions: Special Jury Award – Santiago SANFIC IFF 2017 Best Latin American Documentary – Cine de Vina del Mar 2017 Distribution Award DocsBarcelona Jury – DocsBarcelona 2017 (selection)

Cristóbal Valenzuela

Filmography

2018 Robar a Rodin | Stealing Robin