Missing Mona Lisa

Based on the Romanticized True Story of a lovable, Italian simpleton, who while working in the Louvre, becomes beguiled by the Mona Lisa, and believing in his heart she is homesick for Italy, steals the masterpiece, and smuggles her home with him to Florence. What is a lovable gesture to Vincenzo Peruggia turns out to be the most famous art heist in history. On January 4, 2014, France celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the Mona Lisa being recovered from Vincenzo in Florence and returned to the Louvre.