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2005 Certificate 15
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This lavish biopic directed by Mick Davis follows Italian painter Amadeo Modigliani s he struggles to establish himself as a successful artist in early 20th-century Paris. The film mainly focuses on Modigliani's tumultuous relationships with friend and rival Pablo Picasso, and with Jeanne Hebuterne, a beautiful young woman the .. Read more

Starring Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Omid Djalili, Hippolyte Girardot
Director Mick Davis
Genres Drama

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Modigliani

This lavish biopic directed by Mick Davis follows Italian painter Amadeo Modigliani s he struggles to establish himself as a successful artist in early 20th-century Paris. The film mainly focuses on Modigliani's tumultuous relationships with friend and rival Pablo Picasso, and with Jeanne Hebuterne, a beautiful young woman the artist seduces and begins painting a year prior to when the film begins.

Starring Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Omid Djalili, Hippolyte Girardot, Eva Herzigova
Director Mick Davis
Studio SCANBOX ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 4 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 10 Mar 2008
Production year: 2005
Format DVD
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  • From the outset of this overwrought biopic, the famed Jewish-Italian painter (Garcia) is established as a... read more on Time Out

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  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Could have been better edited, but all in all a good movie... shame it has not yet been released in the UK in any format (screen or DVD) at the time of writing this....

    It's amazing. There is some real cack released, but this is quite a good film (written and directed by a Brit) that amazingly still hasn't been released over here. Quite bizarre, really. Especially considering the fact that right now in London, Modigliani is back on the agenda, with a major exhibition of his female portraits. What better timing than now to finally give this film a deserved release?

    It's certainly not a bad film. Some of it is poorly edited, and the ending is very much 'artistic licence' (although what happens to Jeanne is true, but that does not mean it should not get a proper release in this country. Andy Garcia is (as usual) excellent in the role, as is Omid Djallili as Picasso - some of the best scenes are the confrontations between the two painters. This is one of the better biopics I've seen lately, and I hope it gets a more deserved release.

    The paintings, all made especially for the film (the ones in the competition towards the end of the film are complete inventions, for example) are excellent. They capture the original artists' styles quite well. All in all, quite a successful movie.

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    unconvincing...

    ..just what you'd expect hollywood to do with european art... lots of laboured, barely credible and slick, cliched short vignettes - sadly doesnt make for compulsive viewing

      • lucasda from Glasgow
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