Montparnasse 19

1958 [FRENCH]

Biography / Drama / Romance

6
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 1844 1.8K

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Plot summary

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

Jacques Becker Photo
Jacques Becker

Top cast

Jacques Marin Photo
Jacques Marin as Le patron du café
Pierre Richard Photo
Pierre Richard as Un étudiant peintre
Denise Vernac Photo
Denise Vernac as Madame Hébuterne
Stéphane Audran Photo
Stéphane Audran as Une fille à la terrasse
720p.BluRay
996.83 MB
1200*720
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   ro  
24 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by christopher-underwood 7 / 10

rather affecting film roughly based on the last years of the life of Modigliani

Not particularly stunning but very effective and rather affecting film roughly based on the last years of the life of Modigliani directed by Jaques Becker following the death of Max Ophuls who had already done much preparation. That early work included the recruiting of glamour boy of the time, Gerard Phillipe. He did not have the physical presence of the painter, nor was he Italian but he was considered good looking and I feel carried off the role of the vulnerable, violent and volatile painter well enough. Lilli Palmer and Anouk Aimee excels as his mistress and lover respectively with Lino Ventura turning in a wonderful small but key performance as a rather state dealer. The streets and buildings of Paris and Nice are depicted well although much is filmed in the studio and although Becker is to be congratulated to bring this film in in difficult circumstances ( the writer took him to court and Ophul's death hung over proceedings) it is not typical of his output.
Reviewed by elo-equipamentos 8 / 10

A genius called Modi who died poor,sad and neglected!!!

The last years of Modigliani's life in Paris 1919, this famous italian-french painter not match with greatest like Cezanne and Van Gogh, but their paintings are so expensives nowadays which put him at high ground, the movie cover a few last years, he already condemned to die due the alcoolism, stayed some time in Nice near the sea to try to recover, back in Paris died still young 36 years old, sad end to true genius, neglected by many, today is honored, but too late!!! Great casting Lili Palmer, Anouk Aimée, Lino Ventura and Gérard Philipe as Modigliani.Resume:First watch: 2018 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 8.25
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