Watch Robert. A Fortunate Life (1996) Online

Aleksander Sokurov brings the treasures of the Hermitage back into the light by making films about artists and their paintings. He has chosen the painter Hubert Robert, who spent a long time in Italy, and whose preference was for creating ancient ruined landscapes and naturalistic portrayals of times past. He was successful with the wealthy, who bought his works from him. The camera pans across the paintings while Sokurov speaks of a happy era, when the artist was at one with the spirit of the times, and agreed with the taste of his clients. Just how far removed from us this is, is shown by pictures of a "Nô" performance which are inter-cut on the screen. No words are necessary to describe what everybody knows today. Read More

Watch Robert. A Fortunate Life online. Featuring Aleksandr Sokurov, Robert. A Fortunate Life is classified as Documentary and History genre movie with an average rating across the web of 7.6. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in Russia and was released on 1996. Robert. A Fortunate Life was directed by Aleksandr Sokurov. Read Less