Release Date

01 Jan, 2008

Runtime

01:30: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Botero – Geboren in Medellín

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Actors

Mario Adorf

Fernando Botero

Crew

Peter Schamoni

Peter Schamoni

Peter Schamoni

Rob Houwer

Christer von Lindequist

Silke Matzpohl

Ernst Hirsch

Konrad Hirsch

Carsten Dillhöfer

Sabine Rottmann

Bernhard Maurer

Anja Bartsch