Surviving Picasso (1996)

Directed by:
James Ivory

Written by:
Arianna Huffington
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Plot:
In 1943, a young painter, Françoise Gilot (1921- ) meets Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), already the most celebrated artist in the world. For the next ten years, she is his mistress, bears him two children, is his muse, and paints within his element. She also learns slowly about the other women who have been or still are in his life: Dora Maar, Marie- Thérèse (whose daughter is Picasso's), and Olga Koklowa, each of whom seems deeply scarred by their life with Picasso. Gilot's response is to bring each into her relationship with Picasso. How does one survive Picasso? She keeps painting, and she keeps her good humor and her independence. When the time comes, she has the strength to leave.

Genres: Biography / Drama / Romance
Countries: United States
Languages: English
Runtime: 125

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Cast:

Anthony Hopkins... Pablo Picasso

Joss Ackland... Henri Matisse

Julianne Moore... Dora Maar

Peter Gerety... Marcel

Vernon Dobtcheff... Diaghilev

Dominic West... Paulo Picasso

Tom Fisher... German Officer

Diane Venora... Jacqueline

Joseph Maher... Kahnweiler

Olegar Fedoro... Party Guest

Joan Plowright... Françoise's Grandmother

David Sterne... Waiting Man