Surviving Picasso
(1996)
★ 5.8 IMDb · 108 votes
Year: 1996
Runtime: 125 мин
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Director: Джеймс Айвори
Cast: Энтони Хопкинс, Наташа Макэлхоун, Джулианна Мур, Джосс Экленд, Джоан Плаурайт, Деннис Буцикарис, Peter Eyre, Питер Герети, Susannah Harker, Jane Lapotaire
Plot
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.
In 1943, a young painter, Françoise Gilot (1921- ) (Natascha McElhone) meets Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) (Sir Anthony Hopkins), already the most celebrated artist in the world. For the next ten years, she is his mistress, bears him two children, is his muse, and paints within his element. She also learns slowly about the other women who have been or still are in his life: Dora Maar (Julianne Moore), Marie-Thérèse (Susannah Harker) (whose daughter is Picasso's), and Olga Koklowa (Jane Lapotaire), each of whom seems deeply scarred by their life with Picasso. Gilot's response is to bring each into her relationship with Picasso. How does one survive Picasso? She keeps painting, and she keeps her good humor and her independence. When the time comes, she has the strength to leave.