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Leontine Arvidsson | Sweden | 2013 | 3' | | IFFR 2014

The filmmaker, Leontine Arvidsson, is the naked woman drawing her outline on an apartment door. She started this film in 2007 as part of her ongoing project focused on her body as a body of work. Meanwhile, she became a mother and had to have her breast removed due to cancer.

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Film details

Country of production
Sweden
Year
2013
Festival edition
IFFR 2014
Length
3"
Medium/Format
DCP

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