Directed by:
James IvoryCinematography:
Tony Pierce-RobertsComposer:
Richard RobbinsCast:
Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone, Julianne Moore, Joss Ackland, Dennis Boutsikaris, Peter Gerety, Susannah Harker, Jane Lapotaire, Joseph Maher (more)Plots(1)
During the German occupation of Paris in 1943, legendary painter Pablo Picasso (Anthony Hopkins) launches a tumultuous 10-year affair with Françoise Gilot (Natasha McElhone), an aspiring artist four decades his junior. Drawn by her beauty and vitality, the mercurial master nonetheless cannot resist the impulse to break her will with continued dalliances with other women and remorseless bullying. Julianne Moore is the painter's former lover, Dora Maar, and Diane Venora plays Jacqueline, the woman who would take Françoise's place with Picasso, in this fascinating portrait of the intense, larger-than-life character. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Anthony Hopkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/297/165297927_22daa8.jpg)
Anthony Hopkins
UK
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Elephant Man (1980)
The Father (2020)
![Natascha McElhone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/081/166081465_29da95.jpg)
Natascha McElhone
UK
Best movies:
The Truman Show (1998)
The Company (2007) (series)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
![Julianne Moore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/933/162933836_17da45.jpg)
Julianne Moore
USA
Best movies:
The Fugitive (1993)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Magnolia (1999)
![Joss Ackland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/037/165037480_961244.jpg)
Joss Ackland
UK
Best movies:
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
![Dennis Boutsikaris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/195/160195844_9f9bf8.jpg)
Dennis Boutsikaris
USA
Best movies:
The Last Don (1997) (series)
Beyond Betrayal (1994) (TV movie)
Freeheld (2015)
![Peter Gerety](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/786/160786942_b92570.jpg)
Peter Gerety
USA
Best movies:
K-Pax (2001)
Changeling (2008)
Sleepers (1996)
![Susannah Harker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/202/163202994_58f2e6.jpg)
Susannah Harker
UK
Best movies:
Till We Meet Again (1989) (series)
A Dry White Season (1989)
The Crucifer of Blood (1991) (TV movie)
![Jane Lapotaire](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/028/164028277_43273e.jpg)
Jane Lapotaire
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Lady Jane (1986)
Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
![Joseph Maher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188334_89fb7c.gif)
Joseph Maher
Ireland
Best movies:
Time After Time (1979)
Sister Act (1992)
I.Q. (1994)
![Diane Venora](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/414/414873_2b1c7e.jpg)
Diane Venora
USA
Best movies:
Heat (1995)
The Insider (1999)
Bird (1988)
![Dominic West](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/077/161077240_550d72.png)
Dominic West
UK
Best movies:
A Christmas Carol (1999) (TV movie)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
300 (2006)
![Joan Plowright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269467_ec631f.jpg)
Joan Plowright
UK
Best movies:
Drowning by Numbers (1988)
Moby Dick (1956)
Dinosaur (2000)
![Tom Fisher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/414/414848_ba826d.jpg)
Tom Fisher
UK
Best movies:
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
The Illusionist (2006)
Wire in the Blood (2002) (series)
Andrew Litvack
USA
Best movies:
Surviving Picasso (1996)
Oleg Fyodorov
Ukraine
Best movies:
Prime Suspect 6 (2003) (TV movie)
A Hunting Accident (1978)
Eastern Promises (2007)
![Laura Aikman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/649/159649909_1af1c5.jpg)
Laura Aikman
Best movies:
Great Expectations (1999) (TV movie)
Grace (2021) (series)
The Best Man (2006) (TV movie)
![Bob Peck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/532/161532024_e463de.jpg)
Bob Peck
UK
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
Lord of the Flies (1990)
The Miracle Maker (2000)
![Vernon Dobtcheff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494695_35970a.jpg)
Vernon Dobtcheff
France
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Andreas Wisniewski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/482/163482489_0ef562.jpg)
Andreas Wisniewski
West Germany
Best movies:
Die Hard (1988)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Olivier Galfione
Best movies:
Callas Forever (2002)
The Odyssey (2016)
Surviving Picasso (1996)