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The Lovers of Montparnasse

The Lovers of Montparnasse

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Overview

Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy family. Her parents are against this relationship and stop financial help. Modigliani worked and died in abject poverty in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France.

Directed by Jacques Becker
Written by Jacques Becker, Michel-Georges Michel
Produced by Henry Deutschmeister, Sandro Pallavicini
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Top Cast

Gérard Philipe

Gérard Philipe

Amedeo Modigliani

Lilli Palmer

Lilli Palmer

Béatrice Hastings

Lea Padovani

Lea Padovani

Rosalie

Gérard Séty

Gérard Séty

Léopold Sborowsky

Lino Ventura

Lino Ventura

Morel

Anouk Aimée

Anouk Aimée

Jeanne Hébuterne

Lila Kedrova

Lila Kedrova

Anna Zborowsky

Arlette Poirier

Arlette Poirier

Lulu

Madame Pâquerette

Madame Pâquerette

Madame Salomon - la Concierge

Marianne Oswald

Marianne Oswald

Berthe Weill

Themes & Keywords

depressionbased on novel or bookartistpainterbiographymontparnassepovertyalcoholicart dealerdrunkenness

About The Lovers of Montparnasse

The Lovers of Montparnasse is a romance, drama, history film released in 1958 exploring themes of depression, based on novel or book, artist, painter, biography, montparnasse. Directed by Jacques Becker, it stars Gérard Philipe, Lilli Palmer, Lea Padovani. Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy family. Her parents are against this relationship and stop financial help. Modigliani worked and died in abject poverty in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France.

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