An 80-year-old street art legend traces his hands through 500 years of painting.
Ernest Pignon Ernest is a French visual artist who is considered one of the pioneers of urban art in France. This film recounts the major stages of a considerable body of work that began in the 1960s on the Albion plateau and culminated in Les Extases at the Abbey Church of Bernay. The film gives him space to speak freely, generously, and with conviction. Ernest Pignon Ernest's hands are ancient, reaching back from Caravaggio to Titian, from Masaccio to El Greco. His works speak to us. They transform our streets into fictional spaces, reminiscences, rituals.
Cinematography
Elegant contrasts between weathered hands and luminous archival canvases.
Direction
Patient observation lets the artist's silence speak volumes.
Director
Jean-Pierre Larcher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
FR
