Your Visit Starts Here — short documentary, 2015
Questioning the permanent proximity to the works of art, the documentary depicts the intertwined portraits of three museum guards of Centre Pompidou in Paris.
While an average visitor spends around 4 minutes in front of a Picasso, a museum guard stands close to the same artwork all day long. Most of the time, these people remain invisible, living in the shadow of a masterpiece. But who are they? What do they dream about when sitting on their black chair?
Cast & Crew
Cast: Éric Lombard, Stéphanie Loison, Jean-Marc Savall
Director: Alina Manolache
Producers: Alina Manolache, Anita Drăghici
Director of photography: Diana Vidrașcu
Editor: Gabi Basalici
Grading: Mircea Crivoi
Sound design: Dan-Ștefan Rucăreanu, Delia Oniga, Ciprian Cimpoi
Commissioned by the Romanian Cultural Institute in Paris
With the support of Centre Pompidou