The fascinating portrait of Ion Bârlàdeanu. The touching and inspiring story of a man who literally lived in the gutter for 20 years - and in the meantime managed to create paintings and collages which are now exhibited alongside works by Andy Warhol or Marcel Duchamp.
Direction
Nanau finds poetry in dumpster dives and gallery openings
Production
Jarring contrast between sewer living and MoMA-worthy technique
Editing
Collage structure mirrors Ion's own chaotic artistic method
Director
Alexander Nanau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ion discovered his work had value only when a gallery owner found him dumpster diving in 2008.
The film captures post-communist Romania's brutal economic collapse, where artists and addicts alike fell through shredded safety nets.
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