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ChileCountry
80:00Running Time
28 Mar, 2018Date
MARÍA UNA VES EIRLProducer
HDOriginal
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Stealing Rodin

Feature - 80 min Broadcast - 58 min

Master thief, or visionary artist?

When a celebrated sculpture briefly went missing from a Rodin exhibition in Santiago, the “theft” turned out to be a provocative statement, masterminded by a precocious art student. His actions sparked a public outcry and a furious debate on the nature of art itself. This lively and perceptive documentary revisits the scene of an extraordinary incident that captured the world's attention and challenged the global art community.

Festivals

Santiago International Film Festival

SANFIC (Chile) - Special Jury Award

DocsBarcelona Valparaíso International

Film Festival (Chile) - Distribution Award

Palm Springs International Film Festival (USA) - TrueStory Official Selection

Fidocs Internacional Film Festival (Chile) - Official Selection

FICG Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara - Special Mention

BAFICI - Official selection

It's All true - Best Latin American Documentary

Louisiana International Film Festival - New Voices New Visions Prize

CountryChile
Running Time80:00
Date28 Mar, 2018
ProducerMARÍA UNA VES EIRL
OriginalHD
Ref No7303

The Producers

Cristóbal Valenzuela, Director

Valenzuela has directed, written and edited several short films and documentaries, including “New Year” (2011). Since 2008 he has worked as a scriptwriter and editor for different projects in the film and television industries. Nowadays, he combines his independent audiovisual projects with teaching about filmmaking. “Stealing Rodin” is his first feature-length documentary.

María Paz González, Producer

In 2011 Paz González founded María una Vez, a production company that develops fiction films and documentaries for international distribution. “Hija” (2011) was presented at more than 40 festivals around the world. As a producer, she has worked on “Resurrecting Hassan” (Carlo Guillermo Proto, 2016), “Stealing Rodin” (Cristóbal Valenzuela, 2017), and “Special Voyage” (Carlos Araya Díaz, in postproduction). Currently, she is working on “All Returns”, her first feature film as director.

Juan Eduardo Murillo, Editor

Murillo is an editor and documentary filmmaker, whose credits include "La Once" (“Tea Time”) (Awarded in more than 20 festivals, and nominated for Goya 2015 as best Latin American feature film), "Los Niños" (“The Grown-Ups”) (premiered at IDFA, DocsBarcelona's Best Documentary 2017), "I'm Not From Here" (winner in Krakow, Visions du Reel, Sheffield and nominated to the EFA awards for best European short film) and "Stealing Rodin". He also teaches in Assembly classes and has been a programmer at the DocsBarcelona / Valparaiso Documentary Film Festival since 2014.

Making The Film

For 10 years we followed this case, searching for traces of the story. It was hard work to find Luis Emilio Onfray, the main character of the film - he had changed his name and his circle of friends didn't want to talk about what happened in the museum. We had to gain the trust of the authorities and Luis Emilio, who eventually decided to collaborate with the project. During the making of Stealing Rodin we shot more than 40 interviews with people related to the case.

Stealing Rodin

Master thief, or visionary artist?

The Producers

Making The Film

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