Modigliani poster
Director Mick Davis
Writer Mick Davis

Modigliani

Drama2004

Tagline: His passion was life. His obsession was art.

Release Date: 2004-05-18

Duration: 128 minutes

Synopsis

Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Modigliani, a Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a young and beautiful Catholic girl. The couple has an illegitimate child, and Jeanne's bigoted parents send the baby to a faraway convent to be raised by nuns.

Casting

  • Andy García
    Amedeo Modigliani
  • Peter Capaldi
    Jean Cocteau
  • Jim Carter
    Achilles Hebuterne
  • Udo Kier
    Max Jacob
  • Miriam Margolyes
    Gertrude Stein
  • Elsa Zylberstein
    Jeanne Hébuterne
  • Omid Djalili
    Pablo Picasso
  • Hippolyte Girardot
    Maurice Utrillo
  • Stevan Rimkus
    Soutine
  • Eva Herzigová
    Olga Picasso