Even today, in order to create a sculpture in bronze, it is necessary to take the same steps taken in the fifth century BC for the Riace bronzes. Read more …
These steps are not taught in school, but are passed on in the ancient oral tradition and through apprenticeships from artisans. This documentary is a way to observe and feel the work of a 100-year old bronze foundry in Italy: a place were past and present share the same gestures and where each gesture it's a sculpture itself.
Mesmerising and wondrously atmospheric.
Intoxicating, surprising and restrained.
This quiet, slow-burning documentary weaves its way through the atmospheric Milan workshops of an art that stretches back to the sixth century BC.