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Everton's painting, the focus of this documentary, expresses what is most real in man's life. In the eyes of this artist, humanity is revealed by the most sublime and also the most obscure aspects. The artist creates the possibility of the human being redeemed through self-evaluation. His painting is not intended to please, but to prod. She is like a revelation of the beautiful through the ugly.
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