Dir. James Ivory · Starring Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone, Julianne Moore, Joss Ackland, Joan Plowright, Dennis Boutsikaris · Music Richard Robbins
“Only his passion for women could rival his passion for painting.”
DramaRomance
The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty and move on with her life.
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A lush, yet suffocating portrayal of artistic obsession and destructive love. It feels like being trapped in a gilded cage, witnessing the turbulent inner lives of creative giants and the women who orbit them, often at great personal cost.
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