Release date CH German : 18 Sep 2025

Release date CH Romande : 24 Sep 2025

What happens when a painting, which has always been a simple piece of furniture in the living room of an ordinary house in Madrid, turns out to be a unique work of art in the world? The lost Caravaggio, a documentary directed by Àlvaro Longoria, tells the fascinating story of a painting, the Ecce homo, which, in light of the possibility of being a lost Caravaggio, has attracted the attention of collectors and art dealers around the world. A trip, through several cities? European and Italian, which illustrates some of the wonderful works of Michelangelo Merisi and helps us understand those particularities? which made him one of the most important and revolutionary figures in history. The documentary also tells the fascinating and mysterious world of the "sleepers", that is, those works of art of enormous value that remain hidden or mistakenly not classified as such, so? like the painting that is the focal point of our story. Led by the art dealer Jorge Coll and his associates, the team followed for three years with unique and exclusive access the restoration, attribution and sale of this work of art, which until then had remained in the shadows. A documentary that opens the doors to the fascinating art market and all its complexities?