Other Titles • Goya en Burdeos • Goya In Bordeaux (1999)
Synopses for Goya en Burdeos (1999)
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In GOYA IN BORDEAUX Carlos Saura tells the life story of the 18th Century Spanish painter Francisco de Goya. Actually, working with cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, he attempts to "paint" the story. Elaborately staged and beautifully photographed recreations of Goya's canvases come to life as Goya (Francisco Rabal), lying on his death bed, tells his daughter Rosario (Daphne Fernández) the story of his life. After a mysterious illness left him deaf, he changed from a craven, though immensely talented court painter of Spanish royalty, to a passionate painter focusing on the plight of Spain's poor during Napoleon's invasion. After the restoration of the monarchy, he went into exile in France. But he was still haunted by his love affair with the beautiful Duchess of Alba (Maribel Verdú), who the film portrays in flashbacks with the young Goya (played by José Coronado.) Their scenes together are bathed in the soft glow of candlelight, giving the feeling of a cherished erotic memory. These sequences are a direct contrast to the figures of death from his later paintings--some quite ghoulish--who leap from their canvases near the end of the film to almost literally scare the old man to death.
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From internationally acclaimed filmmaker Carlos Saura (Tango, Blood Wedding, Carmen) comes Goya In Bordeaux, a visually sumptuous, emotionally powerful film about the turbulent life of brilliant painter Francisco de Goya.
In Bordeaux, France, in the early 1800s, Goya suffers from strange visions and nightmares. While his young daughter cares for him, Goya reflects on his tumultuous career: a time when a passionate love affair with the beautiful Duchess of Alba and the evil crusade of Napoleon's French army inspire Goya's most shocking, brilliant paintings -- works that change the art world forever.
Starring Francisco Rabal (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, Belle De Jour), Jose Coronado (The Disappearance Of Garcia Lorea) and Maribel Verdu (Belle Epoque, Lovers), Goya In Bordeaux has been hailed as "Superb and Stunning!" -Kevin Thomas, The Los Angeles Times
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