To mark the artist Fernando Botero's 75th birthday, Peter Schamoni made a documentary film about his moving life. Fernando Botero is immediately recognizable by his colourful and exuberant works. Schamoni convinces us that, behind the cliché of the naïve, Fernando Botero is an artist who also devotes himself to serious and profound themes. Schamoni not only accompanies Botero to Tuscany, where he creates his sculptures, and to his Parisian painter's studio. The film also takes us on a journey to Colombia, where Schamoni lets the viewer take part in the world in which the artist lives and works, in the highs and lows of his life.
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Director
Peter Schamoni
Writer
Peter Schamoni
Producer
Peter Schamoni
Co-Producer
Rob Houwer
Co-Producer
Christer von Lindequist
Music
Silke Matzpohl
paintingsculptingsocial & cultural documentarybiographical documentarycolombian history