Botero

Directed by Don Millar
Corinth Films
2018
82 Minutes
Canada
English, Spanish
Documentary, Biography
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Botero is a poetic documentary of one of the world's most prolific living artists, Fernando Botero. Born in Medellin, Colombia in 1932 to a poor family, Botero witnessed the death of his father at an early age and experienced a violent and tumultuous political landscape in his youth during the Colombian civil war which had a profound impact on his art and humanitarianism. Botero would go on to face struggle and tragedy before his art captured the world’s attention. Featuring unprecedented access, the film is a behind-the-scenes chronicle of the life and art of the 88-year-old master artist whom the art world has compared to Picasso.

Cast

  • Fernando Botero
DVD Features

Discs: 1

  • Highest Rating
    "…[Botero] brings the sense of a long and personal dinner conversation with the artist and his family…The children are a huge presence, and their close family dynamic and interwoven perspectives on the life events that have informed Botero’s work add a rich dimension that goes beyond scholarship to instead engage the audiences on a cultural and emotional level."
    Shana Nys Dambrot, LA Weekly
  • Highest Rating
    "… an enjoyable experience that presents an appealing overview of the artist’s life and works and will no doubt please his many fans."
    Film Threat

Awards & Recognition

Official Selection
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Official Selection
Miami International Film Festival
Official Selection
Seattle International Film Festival