Modigliani Movie Review 2004

Garcia is miscast as debauched Italian Jewish artist Amedeo Modgliani, who's living it up in Paris, circa 1919, and having a tragic love affair with his beautiful Catholic mistress, Jeanne (Zylberstein), who leaves her family for him. Writer/director Davis invents a feud between Modigliani and a glowering Picasso (Djalili) to further liven up the action. It doesn't work and neither does the film, which is almost a melodramatic parody of screen bios about the art world.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 128 minutes.
Originally from French, Italian, Romanian, German, British, United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Biopics: Artists, Paris, France, Period Piece: 1910s

Screenplay

Mick Davis

Cast

Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Omid Djalili, Hippolyte Girardot, Udo Kier, Peter Capaldi, Miriam Margolyes, Eva Herzigova, Susie Amy, Louis Hilyer, Stevan Rimkus, Dan Astileanu, George Ivascu, Michelle Newell, Frederico Ambrosino, Irina Dinescu, Theodor Danetti, Ion Siminie, Lance Henriksen, Beatrice Chiriac

Cinematography

Emmanuel (Manu) Kadosh

Director

Mick Davis

Music

Guy Farley

Other

Emma E. Hickox, Vlad Vieru, Luigi Marchione, Pam Downe, Giantito Burchiellaro