LEONARDO DA VINCI, A MAN IN MOTION
*Delivery: 2019
Link trailer:
https://vimeo.com/306389966





Synopsis:
The horse leaps off the page, blood flows through veins, the Mona Lisa reveals its hidden side, Leonardo’s notebooks start to move, and his genius springs to life. 
In 2019 the 500th anniversary of the death of the Renaissance genius, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), will be marked all over the world. 
The directors of the film “Hieronymus Bosch, the Devil with angel's wings”, selected and acclaimed at the FIFA (International Festival of Films on Art), have decided to pay homage to this 15th century genius, shed light on his life and explore his ideas. 
Images will be used to evoke important stages of Leonardo’s life in Medici Florence, along with great artists such as Botticelli and Filippino, Michelangelo and Raphael. 
Above all, the film will provide the viewer with an insight into Leonardo da Vinci’s imagination, through animations that will enter into and artfully explore his work. Emphasis will be placed on his major paintings, including the Last Supper, which was commissioned by the convent of Santa Maria della Grazie, and of course the Mona Lisa, his most famous work, which hangs in the Louvre, commissioned around 1503. The film will also examine Sfumato, the meticulous technique of allowing tones and colours to shade gradually into one another, producing softened outlines and bringing subjects to life. These paintings will be deciphered and animated, illuminating the subject for the viewer, whilst also directing his gaze. 
Animation will also be used to bring Leonardo’s Codex, drawings and notes to life. Thanks to his astonishing skill as an illustrator, he reawakened interest in discoveries made by Archimedes in 300BC, the laws of movement, the flight of birds, the study of flows and hydraulics. 
The film will thus navigate between documentary sections – with filming in Italy between Florence, Roma and Milan -, interviews with art historians who will shed light on the immensity of his genius, and throughout the film, animations of paintings and Codex will enable the viewer to explore or revisit his genius though a wholly original visual adventure. 
Directors: Eve Ramboz (« Emmy award winner for Special Visual Effects ») et Nathalie Plicot
Doc. (1x52') (2019)