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A mystery within a mystery, the painting "The Garden of Earthly Delights" is the most famous and intriguing work by Early Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch. An artist who is as much as an enigma as his highly symbolic and detail-rich paintings, in 2017 the world celebrated his 500th anniversary. Now, through unique exclusive access granted by the Prado Museum - such as witnessing the processes of X-raying and restoring the painting - BOSCH: THE GARDEN OF DREAMS from director José Luis López-Linares seeks to answer centuries-old questions about the painter and painting, as well as to explain the inspiration both have had on artists, writers, philosophers and musicians through the years. Interviewees in the documentary include such notable figures as Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdie, Renee Fleming, William Christie, Philippe de Montebello, Ludovico Einaudi and John Eliot Gardiner.