Savior for Sale: Da Vinci's Lost Masterpiece?

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Savior for Sale: Da Vinci's Lost Masterpiece?

2021

1h 35m

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Salvator Mundi (The Savior of the World) became the world's most expensive painting when it was sold at Christie's for $450 million in 2017. Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, the painting unleashed passions while revealing the excesses of our time. But is it really the work of the Italian genius, or one of the greatest scams in the history of art? A modern tale of globalization, SAVIOR FOR SALE delves into the secrets of the art world and explores the influence that one painting can exert on personal and geopolitical interests.

Glenn Kenny

New York Times

Sep 21, 2021

"Savior for Sale" provides an object lesson in the ways a moviemaker's perspective, or agenda, is expressed.

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John Serba

Decider

Mar 22, 2022

Savior for Sale has a lot of ground to cover, and does so adequately at best. Vitkine banks on our fascination with the topic -- which frankly should be considerable -- and ends up with a sloppy but watchable doc with noble aspirations of journalism.

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Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

Jan 3, 2022

3/5

An art quest saga where the major players are the megarich.

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Robin S

@RT59386823 Feb 25, 2025

Because the subject matter is right up 3 of my alleys, I found this documentary fascinating, informative, entertaining and dare I repeat the adjective from the promo poster—thrilling. I couldn't wait to know what was going to happen in this IRL global tale of high finance, wheeler dealers and art of the antiquity.

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Dec 2, 2021

you can tell how important a movie is by if it changes your behavior after you see it. after seeing this movie ive resolved never to see another documentary on a big screen. its like watching the a and e channel, only on pay per view, and the topic was much more boring than i would choose to watch at home. i have to admit, i didnt know this painting existed. i wish i had had the foresight to accept that theres some things im better off not knowing about. we already knew idiots with other peoples money love to use it to show how important they are, i didnt need to see a feature film about it.

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Salvator Mundi (The Savior of the World) became the world's most expensive painting when it was sold at Christie's for $450 million in 2017. Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, the painting unleashed passions while revealing the excesses of our time. But is it really the work of the Italian genius, or one of the greatest scams in the history of art? A modern tale of globalization, SAVIOR FOR SALE delves into the secrets of the art world and explores the influence that one painting can exert on personal and geopolitical interests.

Director: Antoine Vitkine
Producer: Paul Rozenberg, Céline Nusse
Screenwriter: Antoine Vitkine
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 17, 2021
Runtime: 1h 35m

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