Goya in Bordeaux

Exploring the life, style, and impact of the Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746-1828), GOYA IN BORDEAUX is itself a work of art from director Carlos Saura (TANGO, CARMEN). Goya's highly-influential oil paintings were rejected from the salon of the 18th Century and seen as simple court paintings for the aristocracy. Years after his death, however, Goya's work was finally recognized, and was said to have set the foundations for the Modern Art movement of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Francisco Rabal gives a powerful performance as Goya in this dramatic and beautiful film.

Starring: Francisco Rabal, Jose Coronado, Dafne Fernandez, Maribel Verdu, Eulalia Ramon.
Directed by Carlos Saura and Vittorio Storaro.
Produced by Andres Vincente Gomez, Pierre-Louis Thevenet and Andres Vicente Gomez.
Written by Carlos Saura .

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date: September 15, 2000 Limited

Reviews

New York Times
"Carlos Saura's visual knockout of a film."

Film Journal International
"Ambitious..."

Mr. Showbiz - (rating: 58/100)
"...feels like the Cliffs Notes version of a grander epic."

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