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The Artist and the Model|Jean Rochefort

The Artist and the Model

Jean Rochefort and Aida Folch
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Overview

A sculptor living in German-occupied France forges an unlikely friendship with a young refugee who is fleeing Franco's army in this tender drama from writer/director Fernando Trueba (THE MIRACLE OF CANDEAL, CHICO & RITA). The year is 1943. Eighty-year-old artist Marc Cros (Jean Rochefort) has survived two wars, and bore witness to far more horrors than he wishes to recall. Marc has long given up sculpting, but when his wife (Claudia Cardinale) happens across a desperate fugitive named Merce (Aida Folch), the pair agree to shelter her in his studio. Meanwhile, long after Marc thought possible, inspiration strikes. Now as Merce poses for Marc's final sculpture, a powerful bond forms between them.

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Main Cast & Crew:
Fernando Trueba - Director
Chus Lampreave
Götz Otto
Jean Rochefort
Aida Folch
Claudia Cardinale
Christian Sinniger
Martin Gamet
Mateo Deluz

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD (AC-3)
  • UPC: 741952763895
  • Genre: DRAMA
  • Rating: R (MPAA)
  • Release Date: February 2014

Movie Reviews

Reviews:
The lovely and poignant drama THE ARTIST AND THE MODEL stirringly presents art, life and death as one irrevocably tangled trio." - 07/31/2013 Los Angeles Times


"There is Claudia Cardinale, whose beauty is stupefying, in a role as a perfect wife. The plot also prominently features bread, olive oil and joie de vivre." - 08/02/2013 New York Times


3 stars out of 4 -- "THE ARTIST AND THE MODEL is a simple, straightforward film about the wonder and awe that the natural world inspires in us." - 08/02/2013 RogerEbert.com


"[I]t has a few lovely, tender moments..." - 08/01/2013 A.V. Club


4 stars out of 5 -- "Shot in magisterial black-and-white, veteran director Trueba's drama is a welcome return from the BELLE EPOQUE man." - 09/05/2013 Empire

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