The Lost Leonardo

The legendary work of Leonardo da Vinci, the lost Leonardo da Vinci, examines Salvator Mundi's background and offers a riveting journey between auction houses and high money games. As the film opens the closed doors of the art world, it allows the audience not only to look at the painting, but also at the networks of ambition, power and interest surrounding this painting. The streaming of speeches and archive visuals allows viewers to flow between the historical reality and the speculation of today. The documentary holds a consistent rhythm in both visual and auditory narratives. Expert views in short sections reveal the hidden mechanisms of auction houses; however, visual density in some episodes can bring a slight fatigue to the audience. Musical elections, while supporting emotional density, may feel like the overdramaticism of some scenes is clouding the reality. By combining all of these elements together, the film presents the most expensive sales of art in a way that gives thought to complex relationships around it, and the fine line between real and fake makes the viewers face a new surprise at any moment, but it also gives the audience the courage to move beyond the questions.