Year: 2022

Director: Matteo Giulio Pagliai

DOP: Andrea Poli

Cast: Hayssam Masri, Carlo Cinelli, Rana Masri Farah, Irene Legvold Lapland Masri

Screenplay by: Matteo Giulio Pagliai, Hayssam Masri

Production Company: Pagliai Film Group in association with Kahuna Film

Synopsis:

Documentary on the life and art of Masri Hayssam, a Lebanese painter who lived in Florence for many years and is now based in the United States. The documentary features Masri himself, along with testimonies from family members and art critic Carlo Cinelli. What emerges is the portrait of a free-spirited, nonconformist artist and experimenter, for whom painting serves as a vehicle to communicate emotions and personal experiences through a continuous process of introspection. Matteo Giulio Pagliai deserves credit for shedding light on a little-known artist who conveys the full intensity of his life story through his paintings.