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FRANCE · 1904

Benvenuto Cellini ou Curieuse évasion

Georges Méliès
imprisonment artistic creation royal patronage historical figure punishment
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Synopsis

Benvenuto Cellini, sculptor to the King, is thrust into a dungeon because he has offended His Majesty by not being able for some time past to produce a statue that will please him. He is told that he will stay there until he does so.

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