Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone, Julianne Moore

This is the story of a famous painter and of a young girl, Francoise, an aspiring painter. Their affair, which lasts 10 years, begins in 1943 during the German occupation of Paris. The painter is Pica...( read more  read more... )sso; he is in his 60s, and as wild and passionate as a youth. His path is littered with former mistresses and, while swearing eternal love to Francoise, he pays regular visits to the sensual, phlegmatic Marie-Therese, the brilliant Dora, also a painter, whose feelings for him have brought her to a nervous breakdown, and his Russian wife, Olga, a former dancer, whom he has driven to the point of actual madness. Francoise has to accept all these women and their offspring as part of her relationship with Picasso. Moreover, she has to accept his unpredictable moods, his outrageous sense of humor, his stinginess, his childish tyrannies, and his delight in making others submit to his whims. But when Picasso begins yet another new affair, Francoise realizes that, to save herself, she must leave him.

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R, 2 hrs. 5 min.

Directed by: James Ivory

Release Date: September 4, 1996

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  • January 4, 2009
    Not exactly what you would call an exciting film but seeing it as you possibly would a biography it was most interesting.
  • July 16, 2007
    Like a movie star, Picasso had many relationships. This movie is about one of those relationships in fact, between Picasso at 60 and a 20's year old Francoise. I cannot believe how dependant on Picasso the mistresses are, but there is hope in the heroine of the movie.
  • January 10, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested.
  • August 15, 2008
    Cada artista un mundo...
  • July 27, 2008
    not a fan of the art....
  • June 10, 2008
    I wish I could watch every movie ever made but I sadly don't have the time. I'm not interested in this movie because I don't think I'll like it or don't know enough about it to think I might like it. I may still end up seeing it some day though.
  • March 21, 2008
    hmmmm, love the work, how about the artist? well, i fell in love w/ girl w/ a pearl earring....
  • March 4, 2008
    I learnt a lot about Pablo Picasso from this movie.
  • January 29, 2008
    Would like to see at some stage. Hopkins & Moore reunited.
  • November 27, 2007
    Anthony Hopkins is a great Pablo Picasso.

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