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Unlikely Treasures (2010)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 52M

Director : Tally Abecassis

Synopsis

About compulsive collectors or people who collect unexpected things like clothespins, platform shoes and discarded tea-tags, taking you on a trip inside their homes, their minds and their drawers of stuff. There is method to their madness and this film will show you why.

Actors

Dorothy Globus
Dorothy Globus
Curator New York's Museum of Arts & Design
Billy Mavreas
Billy Mavreas
Collector
Kyle Supley
Kyle Supley
Collector
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Author of 'In Flagrante Collecto'
Carole Basetta
Carole Basetta
Designer
Jessie Sholl
Jessie Sholl
Writer
Harriet Dias
Harriet Dias
Collector

Crews

Tally Abecassis
Tally Abecassis
Director
Tally Abecassis
Tally Abecassis
Writer
Claudine Sauvé
Claudine Sauvé
Director of Photography
Oana Suteu
Oana Suteu
Editor
Jean-Philippe Goncalves
Jean-Philippe Goncalves
Music
Alex McMahon
Alex McMahon
Music
Nathalie Barton
Nathalie Barton
Producer
Ian Quenneville
Ian Quenneville
Production Manager

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