Big Eyes

(2014)

★ 7 IMDb · 3,666 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2014

Runtime: 105 мин

Country: United States of America, Canada

Director: Тим Бёртон

Cast: Эми Адамс, Кристоф Вальц, Дэнни Хьюстон, Джон Полито, Кристен Риттер, Джейсон Шварцман, Теренс Стэмп, Madeleine Arthur, Delaney Raye, James Saito

Plot

In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.

In San Francisco in the 1950s, Margaret was a woman trying to make it on her own after leaving her husband with only her daughter and her paintings. While struggling to make an impact with her drawings of children with big eyes, she meets gregarious ladies' man and fellow painter Walter Keane in a park. The two quickly become a pair with outgoing Walter selling their paintings and quiet Margaret holed up at home painting even more children with big eyes, but Walter's actually selling her paintings as his own. A clash of financial success and critical failure soon sends Margaret reeling in her life of lies. With Walter still living the high life, Margaret's going to have to try making it on her own again and reclaiming her name and her paintings.