ESPRESSO CINEMA PRESENTS – THE SLEEPER: THE LOST CARAVAGGIO

When an 80-year-old-woman from Madrid takes an old painting from her living room to an auction house in 2021, the expert appraises it at around €1,500. Suddenly, someone sounds the alarm. Could this be a lost work by the great Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio?

What follows from that day is a real-life thriller, filled with unexpected twists and high-stakes intrigue. The headlines go global. The family, dealers, galleries, experts, museums, investors are all protagonists, and time is of the essence…

More than 400 years after his death, Caravaggio once again brings the drama…

Italian, Spanish and English, English subtitles