
Matisse is spelt with two S's(2011)
documentary, childhood, art, school, kids
Anywhere in the world springs, in the most natural way, the wonder of learning, the astonishment of discovery. A group of children attend an art school for a year. This documentary, a summary of that course, shows us that it is much more than that: the first emotions glide before our eyes, true, unique and precise moments in a concise biography of childhood.
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