Deaf and mute, Alexandre Pavlovitch Lobanov was confined for fifty years in a psychiatric hospital in Russia. After a period of rebellion, he withdrew into autism while developing an exceptional body of graphic work. A portrait of an Art Brut creator.

7 minutes . production abcd 2001

broadcasting
.Festival de Clermont-Ferrand (February 2002)
.Festival du Cinéma du Réel / Georges Pompidou Center (March 2002) / award: Special Mention presented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
.Retrospective: Ciné Alternative (March 2002)
.Canal + and affiliated channels (2002)
.Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris
.High Museum of Art, Atlanta
.American Folk Art Museum, New York
.Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne
.American university tour (September 2002): Egyptian Theatre of the American Cinematheque, Los Angeles; University of Oklahoma, Norman; New York University, New York; Columbia University, New York; Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
.International Francophone Film Festival in Acadia (September 2002)
.Rencontres de la Villette (October 2002)
.Fenêtre sur Courts, Dijon Festival (December 2002)
.French Institute of London (7 March 2003)
.Spring of Poets, Charleville-Mézières (11 March 2003)
.International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), Montreal (13–23 March 2003) award: Special Jury Mention.