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.
Stealing Rodin
Robar a Rodin
20th TDF: Εuropean premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- 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