Marco at Work

1997

0h 9m

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Overview

Marco locks himself away in his studio to paint a new painting. The canvas, however, remains white for lack of inspiration. In order to divert himself, he decides to clean the studio and suddenly finds a bottle of Mescal.

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Jochen Nickel

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