To research a book on art theft, journalist Peter Watson assumed the identity of a shady art dealer for almost three years. In this guise and with the help of Sotheby’s, Christie’s and the police, he pursued stolen paintings and was instrumental in the recovery of a del Sarto and a Bronzino – though not the Caravaggio he was hunting. This film, shot in London, Italy and New York, tells the story through extensive reconstructions.
Kurt Vonnegut
The American cult satirist achieved international fame with his novel, Slaughterhouse Five, based on his own experiences as a prisoner of war in Dresden during the Allied bombing of 1945. In this survey of his work, filmed on location in New York, Vonnegut explores his obsession with the betrayal of mankind by science and technology. He also gets under the skin of the characters he has created and enters into a dialogue with his fictional alter ego, Kilgore Trout.