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Stealing Rodin

Name: Stealing Rodin
Director: Cristóbal Valenzuela
Released: 2017
Duration: 90 min

Representation Score

7.9/10

Good

2017

Director

Cristóbal Valenzuela

Runtime

90 minutes

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Stealing Rodin is an intellectual documentary that challenges traditional Western concepts of ownership and institutional authority. By reframing a criminal act as a conceptual performance, it questions the traditional hierarchies of art ownership and institutional authority. The film provides a South American perspective, offering a fresh critique of how institutions define property and legality. However, it lacks explicit representation regarding gender, disability, or LGBTQ+ identities, focusing primarily on philosophical and ethical issues.

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Category Breakdown

Does Stealing Rodin have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film focuses on the philosophical and legal aspects of an art heist, avoiding discussions about sexual orientation or gender identity.

How does Stealing Rodin portray gender?

Fair

The documentary highlights the ability to act of a student and the museum's response, without exploring gendered power dynamics or challenging gender hierarchies.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Stealing Rodin?

Good

Set in Chile, the film presents a non-Western perspective on art and property, shifting the focus away from Anglo-centric art history and Western market dominance.

How does Stealing Rodin represent religion and culture?

Good

The film examines the tension between subjective morality and institutional law, questioning the sanctity of museums by framing a theft as a form of artistic expression.

Does Stealing Rodin include disability representation?

Fair

The film does not center on neurodivergence or physical disabilities, focusing instead on the conceptual nature of the art project.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional Western concepts of ownership and institutional authority.
Provides a non-Western perspective by centering a Chilean institutional context.
Offers a sophisticated critique of the 'criminal' label through conceptual art.

Limited or Absent

Lacks explicit representation of LGBTQ+ identities or gender-based narratives.
Does not address disability or neurodivergence as part of the human experience.
Focuses on philosophical dilemmas rather than diverse demographic perspectives.

Official Synopsis

One morning in June 2005, the guards of the National Museum of Fine Arts of Chile, noticed that a millionaire Auguste Rodin sculpture had been stolen. 24 hours after the event a shy art student returns the piece arguing that he had stolen it as part of an artistic project. A documentary that explores the dilemmas of the artist and contemporary art.

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