Inventing flying contraptions, war machines and studying cadavers, Leonardo da Vinci tackles the meaning of life itself with the help of French princess Marguerite de Nevarre.Inventing flying contraptions, war machines and studying cadavers, Leonardo da Vinci tackles the meaning of life itself with the help of French princess Marguerite de Nevarre.Inventing flying contraptions, war machines and studying cadavers, Leonardo da Vinci tackles the meaning of life itself with the help of French princess Marguerite de Nevarre.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Daisy Ridley
- Marguerite
- (voice)
Matt Berry
- Pope Leo X
- (voice)
Stephen Fry
- Leonardo da Vinci
- (voice)
Aaron Heffernan
- Crowd
- (voice)
Chris Gordon
- Crowd
- (voice)
Ben Stranahan
- Page
- (voice)
Jim Capobianco
- The Physician
- (voice)
- …
Jane Osborn
- Gravedigger Jane
- (voice)
Pierre-Luc Granjon
- Pierre-Luc
- (voice)
Jackson C. Smith
- Enzo
- (voice)
T.M. Christopher
- Swiss Guards
- (voice)
Gaspard Flory
- Crowd
- (voice)
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- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaMarion Cotillard voiced Louise of Savoy in both the English and the French version of the film.
- GoofsMichaelangelo is shown painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel under the patronage of Pope Leo X.
Michaelangelo was actually commissioned by the previous Pope, Julius II, and had completed the work a year before Leo X was elected.
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Too many cooks?
Leonardo da Vinci was one of the most fascinating men who ever lived, but this film fails to do him justice.
Quirkily animated (part puppetry, part cartoon) it centres on the last years of da Vinci's life, when he joined the court of the French King Francis I. His most famous paintings (the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper) are referenced, as are his plans for eccentric machines of war, but we see nothing of their creation.
Instead, the film concentrates on da Vinci's plan for an ideal city (which never got beyond the planning stage) and preparations for an important royal summit.
The latter is presumably meant to be the Field of Cloth of Gold, at which Francis and Henry VIII of England tried to out-do each other in ostentation. For some reason, a third potentate is added - the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who was not present. Worse, the film ignores the fact that da Vinci had died the previous year.
There's much to like here. The voice performances are excellent, especially Stephen Fry as da Vinci; and there's a decent amount of humour amidst the philosophising.
Unfortunately, however, the film can't quite make up its mind what it's trying to do. This may be because of the extraordinary number of production companies involved in making it, resulting in a hodge-podge of compromises from a dysfunctional committee.
An interesting film, but ultimately a disappointing one.
Quirkily animated (part puppetry, part cartoon) it centres on the last years of da Vinci's life, when he joined the court of the French King Francis I. His most famous paintings (the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper) are referenced, as are his plans for eccentric machines of war, but we see nothing of their creation.
Instead, the film concentrates on da Vinci's plan for an ideal city (which never got beyond the planning stage) and preparations for an important royal summit.
The latter is presumably meant to be the Field of Cloth of Gold, at which Francis and Henry VIII of England tried to out-do each other in ostentation. For some reason, a third potentate is added - the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who was not present. Worse, the film ignores the fact that da Vinci had died the previous year.
There's much to like here. The voice performances are excellent, especially Stephen Fry as da Vinci; and there's a decent amount of humour amidst the philosophising.
Unfortunately, however, the film can't quite make up its mind what it's trying to do. This may be because of the extraordinary number of production companies involved in making it, resulting in a hodge-podge of compromises from a dysfunctional committee.
An interesting film, but ultimately a disappointing one.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $306,385
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $190,031
- Sep 17, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $1,776,811
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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