# $10 Bounty: Documentary of eccentric impoverished artist

**URL:** <https://filmfind.me/t/10-bounty-documentary-of-eccentric-impoverished-artist/6635>\
**Category:** Bounties\
**Created:** [April 12, 2024, 6:00am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/10-bounty-documentary-of-eccentric-impoverished-artist/6635 "2024-04-12T06:00:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brilla25](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@Brilla25](https://filmfind.me/u/Brilla25)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 6:00am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/10-bounty-documentary-of-eccentric-impoverished-artist/6635/1 "2024-04-12T06:00:16Z")

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I believe it was a French documentary, the man was rather large. He was mentally ill and formally a ballet dancer. Lived in extremely messy apartment and I think the premise of the film was his impending eviction? Featured interviews from his neighbors. A quote from him in the movie was “ la vie a sa propre validité, mais il faut faire un effort”. Believe I watched it on Netflix around 2012-15, been looking for it for a couple years now so any suggestions are appreciated. Even though I don’t remember very much it was important to me, thank you

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**Author:** ![CarlosCM](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@CarlosCM](https://filmfind.me/u/CarlosCM)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/10-bounty-documentary-of-eccentric-impoverished-artist/6635/2 "2024-04-12T16:25:43Z")

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Was the dancer russian? It could be Rudolf Nureyev:

> **[Rudolf Nureyev (1991) ⭐ 7.8 | Documentary](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408155/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)**
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> Rudolf Nureyev: Directed by Patricia Foy. With Ninette de Valois, Natalya Dudinskaya, Razida Evegrafova, Margot Fonteyn. The ups and downs of ballet star Rudolf Nureyev's career.

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**Author:** ![CarlosCM](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@CarlosCM](https://filmfind.me/u/CarlosCM)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/10-bounty-documentary-of-eccentric-impoverished-artist/6635/3 "2024-04-12T16:28:52Z")

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Are you certain the documentary was in french? It could have been “Dancer” about Sergei Polunin:

> **[Dancer (2016) ⭐ 7.8 | Documentary, Biography](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5097070/)**
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> 1h 25m | Not Rated

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**Author:** ![ufeliz](https://filmfind.me/user_avatar/filmfind.me/ufeliz/32/3145_2.png) [@ufeliz](https://filmfind.me/u/ufeliz)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 10:15am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/10-bounty-documentary-of-eccentric-impoverished-artist/6635/4 "2024-06-13T10:15:56Z")

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I think it is “the believer”[https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0247199/](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0247199/)

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**Author:** ![chisco](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chisco](https://filmfind.me/u/chisco)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/10-bounty-documentary-of-eccentric-impoverished-artist/6635/5 "2024-06-13T17:43:13Z")

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Reminds me of Quebranto (2013). I was watching it the other day; foreign documentary, the guy is an ex-dancer/actor, living in poverty…

> **[Quebranto (2013) ⭐ 7.8 | Documentary, Biography, Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2633242/)**
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> 1h 30m | TV-MA

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**Author:** ![wositelec](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@wositelec](https://filmfind.me/u/wositelec)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/10-bounty-documentary-of-eccentric-impoverished-artist/6635/6 "2026-04-21T13:20:11Z")

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It’s long shot, but maybe?

Serge Lifar Musagète (2005)

[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486473/?ref\_=tturv\_ov\_bk](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486473/?ref_=tturv_ov_bk)