Stealing Rodin

Stealing Rodin

I am not a thief, I am an artist

2017 · 90 min · ★ 7.8 · Documentary

One morning in June 2005, the guards of the National Museum of Fine Arts of Chile, noticed that a millionaire Auguste Rodin sculpture had been stolen. 24 hours after the event a shy art student returns the piece arguing that he had stolen it as part of an artistic project. A documentary that explores the dilemmas of the artist and contemporary art.

Directed by Cristóbal Valenzuela · Written by Sebastián Rioseco

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