Rotten
The one bright spot is Miss Palmer, who acts with the breezy air of one who looks upon drunken artists as amusements. Maybe that's the way to look at this film.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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.
Director and cast
- Jacques Becker Director
- Gérard Philipe as Amedeo Modigliani
- Lilli Palmer as Béatrice Hastings
- Lea Padovani as Rosalie
- Gérard Séty as Léopold Sborowsky
- Lino Ventura as Morel
- Anouk Aimée as Jeanne Hébuterne
- Lila Kedrova as Me. Sborowsky
- Arlette Poirier as Lulu
- Madame Pâquerette as Mme. Salomon, la concierge
- Marianne Oswald as Berthe Weill
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
A highly personal effort by one of the idols of the New Wave generation.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Becker's humanism is unwavering, even when confronting such stereotypes as the rich American philistine or the uncomprehending working man.
Time Out
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