RICARDO AND PAINTING

Ricardo and Painting is Barbet Schroeder’s portrait of his friend, the painter Ricardo Cavallo, who has devoted his life to painting. From Buenos Aires to Finistère, via Paris and Peru, the film invites us to delve into the history of painting while discovering the life of an extraordinary man who, with simplicity and humility, has always devoted himself wholeheartedly to his art, eventually passing on his passion to the children of his village.