Botero Born in Medellin (2008)
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.
Director: Peter Schamoni
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Mario Adorf as Narrator |
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Fernando Botero as Self |
| Directing | Peter Schamoni | Director |
| Writing | Peter Schamoni | Writer |
| Production | Peter Schamoni | Producer |
| Production | Rob Houwer | Co-Producer |
| Production | Christer von Lindequist | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Silke Matzpohl | Music |
| Camera | Ernst Hirsch | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Konrad Hirsch | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Carsten Dillhöfer | Editor |
| Editing | Sabine Rottmann | Editor |
| Sound | Bernhard Maurer | Recording Supervision |
| Production | Anja Bartsch | Production Manager |
