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" Art is giving to what you create a soul. "

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" 'The Missing Picture' came together slowly, after much provocation and by refusing different forms, until I finally found the right form. "

" When you screen a film like 'The Missing Picture,' it is not like watching TV. Watching TV is very solitary. When you watch cinema, you watch it together, and you talk about it after the screening. "

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