Robert. Schastlivaya zhizn

Synopsis

Aleksander Sokurov brings the treasures of the Hermitage back into the light by making films about artists and their paintings. Here he explores painter Hubert Robert, who spent a long time in Italy and whose preference was for creating ancient ruined landscapes and naturalistic portrayals of times past. The camera pans across the paintings while Sokurov speaks of a happy era, when the artist was at one with the spirit of the times.