Petit Pierre

Duration: 8 min
Release date: 1980-01-01
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Scenes from the life and creative work of Pierre Avezard (Petit Pierre), an "art brut" artist with Treacher Collins syndrome who, since 1937, reused waste materials to build a massive merry-go-round automaton in Loiret. The work is currently part of La Fabuloserie's collection. Winner of the 1980 César for Best Short Documentary.

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Petit Pierre

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Pierre Avezard
Pierre Avezard
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Emmanuel Clot
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