The Masterpiece

The Masterpiece

La Gran Obra

Unclassified 18+

In this Sundance Short Film Grand Jury Prize winner, race and class complicate the transaction between a wealthy couple and the scrap dealers they invite to their mansion.

Leo and Diana meet immigrant scrap dealers Salif and Yousef at a recycle centre. Diana soon asks the pair to drop by their home so they can offload some possessions, but a discovery leads to an amusingly awkward exchange. Àlex Lora Cercós’s gripping exploration of class disparity builds from a slow simmer to viscerally unbearable tension, culminating in a confrontation that exposes the hidden hostility of polite society.

Tickets

15 Aug 9:00pm Kino 1
Access: Assistive listening Wheelchair Accessible 100 percent subtitled
Past Session
22 Aug 4:00pm Kino 2
Access: Assistive listening Wheelchair Accessible 100 percent subtitled
Past Session

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