Director – Alain Fleischer
Music by Jacopo Baboni Schilingi
2002 – 1h20 minutes
Production – Artline Films
Distribution – Artline Films
In the 8 March 2008 early morning, in front of a fervent and contemplative crowd, August Rodin ‘s master-piece « Calais’ Bourgeois » is removed from its pedestal. The immense crane carries it onto a transportation truck that will cary the statue to the Medici’s roman villa in order to restore it. Taking part to the italian journey of the « Bourgeois », Alain Fleischer invites us to an astonishing exploration of the aesthetic world of Rodin. He slips inside the realm of the sculptor, showing us his intimate passion for the body and for the intrisic beauty of these human beings whith whom he plays through infinite combinations.