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THE DISCIPLES OF MARCEL DUCHAMP

 

SYNOPSIS

The small municipality of Les Escaules, in the north of Catalonia, hosts the most relevant encounter of performance art that is taking place in Spain: La Muga Caula festival, which is dedicated to the French artist Marcel Duchamp. Three days where the sixty-five inhabitants of the village and their unmovable rural life is shaken by the presence of a group of artists from around the world who can be found hanging from the bell tower, mutilating themselves with a knife, or spending an hour shouting in the middle of the street simulating an abortion.

 

The film is a journey into the art of action through various perspectives. First, follows the passionate instructions given by Nigerian artist Jelili Atiku to a dozen students who attend a performance workshop during the festival.  Second, through the initiatory journey  that Anna -one of the students of the workshop- will do to enter a new universe. And third, with the recording of several performances by some of the most relevant artists from around the world: Antoni Karkowski (Poland), Cecile Richard (France), Nenad Bogdanovic (Serbia), Isabel Corullón (Spain), Eliana Beltran (Colombia), Ramon Guimaraes (Catalonia)...

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Genre: Documentary

Category: Arts

Lenght: 56 minutes

Format: Full HD, Stereo, 16:9

Original version: English (70%), Catalan, Spanish, French and Polish.

Versions: VO subtitled to English; VO subtitled to Catalan; VO subtitled to Spanish.

Completion date: January 2019​

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Available with Spanish subtitles at: FILMIN

Available with Catalan subtitles at: FILMIN.CAT

Available with Spanish subtitles at: NO FICCIÓN

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