The film will be introduced by Silvio Baldassara, Chairman of NORR and renowned innovative design architect, that will also present the new project he is realizing for the New Toronto Courthouse.

Genre: Documentary | Language: Italian | Subtitles: English

“When you grow up with the idea that building is an art, each time you build you seem to witness a miracle, something extraordinary that never leaves you": this is the opinion of Renzo Piano, one of the most famous and prolific Italian architects in the world. To narrate his genius is the filmmaker Carlos Saura, who follows Piano in the design and implementation of the Botin Center in Santander, Spain. The story of the various phases of the construction of the Center soon becomes a reflection on the creative process and on what architecture, cinema and all the other arts have in common.

Director:

Carlos Saura is a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. His name, with those of Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, forms a triad of Spain’s most renowned filmmakers. He has a long and prolific career that spans over half a century. A great number of his films have won many international awards.