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Modigliani

Modigliani

His passion was life. His obsession was art.

20047.02h 8m

Overview

Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Modigliani, a Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a young and beautiful Catholic girl. The couple has an illegitimate child, and Jeanne's bigoted parents send the baby to a faraway convent to be raised by nuns.

Directed by Mick Davis
Written by Mick Davis
Box OfficeBudget: $12.0M0

Top Cast

Andy Garcia

Andy Garcia

Amedeo Modigliani

Elsa Zylberstein

Elsa Zylberstein

Jeanne Hébuterne

Omid Djalili

Omid Djalili

Pablo Picasso

Hippolyte Girardot

Hippolyte Girardot

Maurice Utrillo

Eva Herzigová

Eva Herzigová

Olga Picasso

Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

Gertrude Stein

Udo Kier

Udo Kier

Max Jacob

Susie Amy

Susie Amy

Beatrice Hastings

Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi

Jean Cocteau

Jim Carter

Jim Carter

Achilles Hebuterne

Themes & Keywords

painterbiographyromancemontparnassepablo picasso

About Modigliani

Modigliani is a drama film released in 2004 exploring themes of painter, biography, romance, montparnasse, pablo picasso. Directed by Mick Davis, it stars Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Omid Djalili. Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Modigliani, a Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a young and beautiful Catholic girl. The couple has an illegitimate child, and Jeanne's bigoted parents send the baby to a faraway convent to be raised by nuns.

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