‘René Magritte, le maître du Mystère - Fabrice Maze’

This documentary reveals little-known facets of the life and work of Belgian Surrealist painter René Magritte (1898-1967). From his troubled childhood in Hainaut to his great American success, through his stormy relations with the Parisian Surrealists and the major phases of an extraordinary artistic career, this film looks back at the complex personality of a man of bourgeois appearance who changed our view of the world forever.

Fabrice Maze is a documentary writer and director. After studying journalism and directing short films, he began his career in television in 1978. Since 2005, he has devoted himself mainly to creating biographic documentaries on artists of the surrealist movement. The common thread of his work focuses on wonders and the transmission of memory.

In the presence of the director.