SYNOPSIS
En pleine Révolution Française, le bourreau Prosper Thanatier refuse de léguer son statut "d'artiste de la mort" au profit d'une simple guillotine...
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In the 18th century, Prosper Thanatier is the last of a dinasty of hangmans. At the dawn of the French Revolution, his position of « artist of death » is undermined by a new machine : the guillotine…
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Interview on french radio "France culture" about the meaning and origins of "L'art des Thanatier"
Clay sculpture of Prosper Thanatier
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