Abstract art is something very subjective as some people can go crazy for it and others will not understand what the fuss is about. They think it’s something their kid could do. This documentary looks at 4-year-old Marla, who makes paintings on big canvases. When some of them were displayed in a bar people were interested in buying them and once an article was written about her it was a story that was picked up everywhere, even internationally. The result was that people were willing to pay thousands of dollars to get their hands on one of her paintings.

Marla is considered as a prodigy and documentary maker Amir Bar-Lev follows Marla and her parents during their journey. It seems like Marla will have a succesful career, but when the program 60 minutes start asking questions about the authenticity of her paintings (did she really paint them herself), all the admiration starts to transform into disbelief and people start to question the family. Continue reading →