Avant-garde

Avant-garde

2021 · 15 min · Comedy

1984, Franco-German border. A Berlin gallery owner transports the flagship sculpture from his collection for a major exhibition. Faced with the object, the French customs officer hesitates: is it really a work of art?

Directed by Adrien Guedra-Degeorges

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