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come looking for the postcard    Hugo Vieira da Silva: No, but    overlooked. Why is that? Because
            they saw on the internet! But    understanding it will never be   they're embroiled in a series of
            then they want to eat and go to   possible. But to respect it in some   controversies, which have now
            Starbucks and McDonald's. And    way...                           come to light, precisely about his
            Segalen's attitude, which I hope                                  life and the fact that he lived with
            the film has, is to value what   Paulo MilHomens: To respect his   minors, based on readings that
            is different. The aesthetics of   work is to know him!            are completely out of context,
            diversity that Segalen proposes                                   far removed from the time. The
            is the value of what is different,   The movie's debut and        French painter has been banned
            of what is different from me,    forthcoming career.              from a number of places due to
            from my culture, and having      Hugo Vieira da Silva: The film   a form of cultural policing and
            a voice that is different from   has generated a lot of antibodies,   cultural cleansing. Even here in
            mine and me receiving it! To be   if you ask me! I can confirm    Vienna, a large retrospective of
            in that position of generosity   that a series of antibodies have   his work is currently on display,
            and intelligence of being able   already been raised in relation   and it is highly criticised simply
            to receive it and try to perceive   to Paul Gauguin. In everything   because it exists. It is there.
            it, to understand it even if,    that is commissioned. Paul       Impolite newspapers are writing
            at the limit, there is always a   Gauguin has problems without    that the show should be closed,
            total impossibility of this being   being shown these days. Paul   shut down, and so on. The film
            fulfilled completely!            Gauguin's paintings are often    has suffered from censorship




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