MOVIE

Petit Pierre

1980 · 8 min · Documentary

Scenes from the life and creative work of Pierre Avezard (Petit Pierre), an "art brut" artist with Treacher Collins syndrome who, since 1937, reused waste materials to build a massive merry-go-round automaton in Loiret. The work is currently part of La Fabuloserie's collection. Winner of the 1980 César for Best Short Documentary.