Francisco Brennand
2012 · 75 min · ★ 5.5 · Documentary, History
Francisco Brennand is an eighty-five year odl, painter, sculptor and ceramist from Brazil. He lives and works isolated in an open-air museum set in an old ceramic roofing tile factory that belonged to his father. Based on his diaries, written over the past 60 years, the film narrates the artist's journey from the moment he moved into the factory until today.
Directed by Marianna Brennand · Written by Livia Arbex
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