The Sleeper

Having to move out, the Pérez de Castro family puts up for sale a painting that had been in their dining room for decades at an auction house. The starting price is €1500. When antique dealers see the painting in the catalogue, they recognise it as a possible lost Caravaggio. Then an arduous and delicate process of restoration, attribution, and sale starts.

More than a documentary, The Sleeper is a thriller where Alvaro Longoria masterfully sheds light over the obscure intricacies of the antique art market, yet without letting loose any of its fascinating mystery.