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  • 2021
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2021
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary The Lost Leonardo tells the inside story behind the Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold at $450 million, claimed to be a long-lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci. From the moment it is purchased from a shady New Orleans auction house, and its buyers discover masterful brushstrokes beneath its cheap restoration, the fa...

Directed By: Andreas Koefoed

Written By: Mark Monroe, Duska Zagorac, Christian Kirk Muff, Andreas Koefoed

  • 2021
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2021
  • PG-13
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 36 m

The Lost Leonardo

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
79
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary The Lost Leonardo tells the inside story behind the Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold at $450 million, claimed to be a long-lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci. From the moment it is purchased from a shady New Orleans auction house, and its buyers discover masterful brushstrokes beneath its cheap restoration, the fa...

Directed By: Andreas Koefoed

Written By: Mark Monroe, Duska Zagorac, Christian Kirk Muff, Andreas Koefoed

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Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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100
Aug 24, 2021
Koefoed’s stylishly made film takes its time, gives everyone their due, and leaves us with some profoundly interesting questions.
By Karen Gordon FULL REVIEW
90
Jun 19, 2021
The Lost Leonardo tells the tale of the most scrutinized painting of all time in fascinating, exhaustive detail.
By Bobby LePire FULL REVIEW
83
Aug 22, 2021
There’s an enigma here. If we believe anyone in The Lost Leonardo, we believe someone who is only here to cover their tracks. Koefoed knows this and plays up the mystery with compelling results.
By Asher Luberto FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 10, 2021
As with all documentaries about art, we are left uneasily wondering if the galleries of the world are full of “wrong attributions” or straight-up fakes.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
78
Sep 2, 2021
While some of the re-creations of clandestine meetings and shots of faceless men transporting the painting can be a bit cloak-and-dagger cheesy, that’s the only stumble in a film that tells a strange tale populated by a cast of eccentric and dangerous characters.
By Josh Kupecki FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 26, 2021
Really, The Lost Leonardo is a detective story. Like any good detective story, it’s also a morality tale. Or maybe immorality tale better describes these goings on.
By Mark Feeney FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 14, 2021
The Lost Leonardo deals less with absolutes than fungible notions of perception and power.
By Chris Barsanti FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
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Production Company Elk Film, Pumpernickel Films, Alba Collis, Danmarks Radio (DR), Det Danske Filminstitut, Diamond Docs, Hot Docs Partners, Mantaray Film, Mitten Media, Nika Media, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, Sky, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), TDog
Release Date Aug 13, 2021
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline The Inside Story of the Painting That Seduced the World. It's Not Just Art.....It's Power, Politics and Greed.
Website http://www.thelostleonardodocumentary.com/
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Awards

International Documentary Association
• 2 Nominations
Stockholm Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 1 Nomination

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