Borromini to Bernini - a challenge to perfection

direction: Giovanni Troilo, music: Remo Anzovino, cast: Jacopo Olmo Antinori, Antonio Lanni, Pierangelo Menci, editing: Antonello Pierleoni, costumes: Giorgia G. Maggi

A journey into the beauty of Baroque Rome, when the city was the center of Western art and where every ambitious painter, sculptor, or architect had to be. The documentary Borromini and Bernini – a Challenge to Perfection captures the story of the most famous artistic rivalry of all time, the rivalry between Borromini and Bernini, but also the story of Borromini's struggle with himself. He was so consumed by his art that it transformed him into a demon that devoured him from within and forced him to choose death in order to achieve eternity. Borromini deprived himself of everything to pursue his dream: to conquer Rome. We follow the story of a solitary master’s architectural revolution, which forever changed the face of Rome by pushing the limits of his possibilities. He fought against conventions and prejudices. With humility, he learned from the past to build a future. The film features famous Roman sites such as Palazzo Barberini, Bernini's baldachin in St. Peter's Basilica, the churches of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona, St. Peter's Square, and Hadrian's Villa.

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