Goya in Bordeaux Movie Review 1999

On the eve of his death at age 82 in 1828, Spanish artist Fracisco De Goya Lucientes (Rabal), living in political exile in France, remembers the wild creative days of his youth, particularly his passionate affair with the Duchess of Alba (Verdu), his struggles as a court painter to King Charles of Spain, and the deafness that afflicted him from the age of 46. This is a lavish production, filled with sumptuous sets and costumes. It's also a fairly standard bio-pic that settles back on cliches in the second half.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 105 minutes.
Originally from Spanish, Italian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Biopics: Artists, Art & Artists, Period Piece: 19th Century, Deafness, France

Screenplay

Carlos Saura

Cast

Francesco Rabal, Jose Coronado, Maribel Verdu, Daphne Fernandez, Eulalia Ramon

Cinematography

Vittorio Storaro

Director

Carlos Saura

Music

Roque Banos