Still from the movie: Abbot Joachim's apocalyptic dreamlike in the Monastery's ruins..
Still from the movie: Abbot Joachim's apocalyptic dreamlike in the Monastery's ruins..
Still from the movie: Abbot Joachim's apocalyptic dreamlike along the river of the Abbey.
Still from the movie: Abbot Joachim's apocalyptic dreamlike with the Abbot in the impenetrable woods and a mysterious Gothic monument appears..
Still from the movie: the Abbot Joachim's apocalyptic dreamlike in the path of the impenetrable forest.
Still from the movie: the Abbot Joachim's apocalyptic dreamlike in another path of the impenetrable forest.
Still of Joachim in the path to Jerusalem, Holy Land, in the AD 1167. The set is a mix of location and digital effects.
Still of Joachim near the Jewish Kabbalist's house. The exterior of the house was built on location and the landscape is digital effect.
Int. of the Jewish Kabbalist's house from the interior to the front door. The interior is reconstructed in location in Calabria and set dressed with the front door matches the one built at the exterior of the house on location.
Sketch of interior of the Jewish Kabbalist's house.
Frame from the movie of the interior (entrance and hall) of the Kabbalist's house.
Still of the Jewish Kabbalist's house hall
Still of the Jewish Kabbalist's house hall during the filming.
Still of the Jewish Kabbalist's house hall from the Kabbalist's bedroom.
Still of the Jewish Kabbalist's house hall
Art Concept of the Jerusalem's market, a.d 1167.
Art Concept of the City of the Stone in the Jerusalem area.
picture of the City fo the Stone set in preparation before filming. The city was reconstructed in a village called Zungri's cave in Calabria. The set was partially built and set dressed.
Frame from the film about the City of the Stone's set.
Another frame from the film about the City of the Stone's set.
Other frame from the film about the City of the Stone's set.
Stil from the movie of the Forest sequences during the Joachim's pilgrim to Corazzo's Abbey, as he lived like a Hermit during those years.
Detail of the medieval pray book of Joachim.
Still from the movie of the Ancient Roman bridge , located in Calabria with the background of Sambucina's Abbey. The stone bridge is a real ancient Roman bridge perfectly preserved and the Abbey was added digitally.
The Still from the film is captured when the monk Joachim and the other friar are looking for the .location to built the Jure Vetere's abbey. the location is a real ancient Roman bridge with three arches in Blera town, near Viterbo.
Still of the Corazzo's Abbey 'Scriptorium' (the writing Hall). The set has little construction, appropriate abbeys set dressing and hand-made parchments like amanuensis monks to catch more realism of the set.
Another frame from the Scriptorium's set.
Detail of the medieval's monks writing table in the Scriptorium set. the writing table was originally made for the film 'The Name of the Rose'.
Frame of Joachim's tonsure made in the Corazzo's Abbey. For the location we chosen one of the original Abbey made by the Joachim's order 'Fiore' and we shot the scene of the tonsure inside the crypt.
Stil of the Abbot Giraldus office set, in Casamari's Abbey. The office as well as other abbey sets in the movie, was reconstructed in a very old monastery (built on the 5th Century), with incredible original stone floor and beautiful stone hand-shaped walls.
Still of the Prior's office in Sambucina's Abbey. The location is inisde the 5th Century old monastery with our medieval set dressing. The candles, illuminating the scene, was made imitating medieval design and has three wicks for a long flame.
Still of the set of Sambucina's Abbey prior's office.
Art concept of Sambucina's Abbey Prior's office set.
Still of the Prior's office's set.
Still from the film: Secret crypt of Cistercian Abbey set. Encounter of Goffredus and other Cistercian's monks. We shot this scene in a real 9th Century crypt, that was never shot before from a movie production company.
Still from the film: another part of the Secret crypt of Cistercian Abbey set.
Still of the French Clairvaux's Abbey church main hall set. For this scene we recreate the French gothic architecture at the Fossanova's Church in Lazio. The look was perfect for the medieval time and has almost no 'modern' elements in it.
Exterior of the Clairvaux's Abbey set reconstructed at Fossanova's Abbey complex , in Lazio region.
Interior of the Pope Lucius III residence set. The set was made inside a castle room in Sambuci, near Rome, and it was properly set dressed and changed little bit digitally the texture of the fresco's at the walls in background in medieval patterns.
Picture of the construction site of Jure Vetere's Abbey set. It was made in in the ghost city of Old Celleno, near Viterbo, using the old ruins as abbey in construction and adding some set dressing (scaffolds, crane, timber work) and digital elements.
Another picture of the construction site of Jure Vetere's Abbey set. In the background a huge medieval crane that was made it digitally.
Picture of burned Jure Vetere's Abbey set. We used the old ruins of a building and add scorched planks with its combustion and sparks digitally.
Still from the film of the Richard 1st 'Lionheart's castle in Italy (Sicily). It was made totally with digital effects, inspiring from some references of a castle in Calabria on the coast.
Picture interior meeting hall King Richard 1st Castle set. The hall was reconstructed at Sambuci's Castle and set dressed with throne, tables, candelabra, parchments and red drapes.
Detail of the throne in the meeting hall of King Richard 1st Castle in Sicily.
Still form the film of the throne room of Queen Constance of Altavilla set. It was made at the Sambuci's castle room and set dressed with throne, medieval chairs and huge drapes at the walls with colours belonging to the court.
Still of the medieval village set in Calabria during Joachim time. All the different villages was made at Old Celleno's town, near Viterbo, using and modifying several section of the existent town. Some little things are added by the digital effects.
Another angle of the medieval village set in Calabria. In the foreground is real town streets and the background an extension of the town using vfx.
Still of an alley of the medieval village set in Calabria.
Art concept of the battle between King Richard's 1st crusaders against Saladin's soldiers at Haifa's beach set. Initially was chosen the Nero's caves at Anzio to set the scenes then was deleted.