Critic

Critic

2008 · 76 min · ★ 7.9 · Documentary

Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.

Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho · Written by Emilie Lesclaux

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