The Giacometti affair

Audience Score
60
The Giacometti affair
NR 55 minDocumentary
In 2009 while sculptor Alberto Giacomettis ratings beat records in the art market an affair erupted in Germany revealing the existence of more than a thousand Giacometti counterfeits hidden in a warehouse in Mainz For 10 years two German merchants and a Dutch forger managed to sell hundreds of fake sculptures some of which were even exhibited in museums A German investigator a private detective in Dutch art a French sculpture expert and the forger himself take turns telling us this incredible story as we discover the fascinating and tortured life of Alberto Giacometti
DirectorClara Ott

Movie Details

Original Language:French
Production Companies:French Connection Films
Movie Tags:
art