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Surviving Picasso poster

Surviving Picasso

"Only his passion for women could rival his passion for painting."

58
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R 1996 · 2h 5m
Drama, Romance
Starring Anthony Hopkins · Natascha McElhone · Julianne Moore
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The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty and move on with her life.

Theatrical
Sep 4, 1996
Box Office
$2.0M
Budget
$16.0M
Return
0.1x
Director
James Ivory
Writer
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Producers
Ismail Merchant, David L. Wolper, Humbert Balsan
Music
Richard Robbins
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures, Merchant Ivory Productions, Wolper Organization
Keywords
paris, france love triangle france painter infidelity world war ii pregnancy womanizer based on true story mistress older man younger woman relationship art physical abuse eccentric artist pablo picasso painter as artist spanish painter málaga, spain cubism based on real person
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Cast

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A
Anthony Hopkins
Pablo Picasso
N
Natascha McElhone
Françoise Gilot
J
Julianne Moore
Dora Maar
J
Joss Ackland
Henri Matisse
J
Joan Plowright
Françoise's Grandmother
D
Dennis Boutsikaris
Kootz
P
Peter Eyre
Sabartes
P
Peter Gerety
Marcel
S
Susannah Harker
Marie-Therese
J
Jane Lapotaire
Olga Picasso
J
Joseph Maher
Kahnweiler
B
Bob Peck
Francoise's Father
D
Diane Venora
Jacqueline
D
Dominic West
Paulo Picasso
L
Laura Aikman
Maya
D
David Sterne
Waiting Man
A
Anthony Milner
Police Commissioner
N
Nigel Whitmey
Pierre
T
Tom Fisher
German Officer
A
Andreas Wisniewski
German Soldier
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