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Goya's Ghosts

5.7

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Original title

Goya's Ghosts (Los fantasmas de Goya)

Year

2006

Running time

118 min.

Country

United States

Director

Milos Forman

Screenwriter

Milos Forman, Jean-Claude Carrière

Cast

Music

José Nieto

Cinematography

Javier Aguirresarobe

Producer

Co-production United States-Spain;

The Saul Zaentz Company

Genre

Drama | Biography. 19th Century. Painting

Synopsis

It centers on the historic conflict between artist Francisco De Goya and the Spanish Inquisition in its last years. Stellan Skarsgard will play the painter, who is considered one of the founders of what is called Modern Art; Natalie Portman will play Ines, his muse who is accused of heresy; and Javier Bardem will play Brother Lorenzo, a sinister ally of the Inquisition.

Awards: 2007: Satellite Awards: Nominated for Best Costume Design

2006: Goya Awards: 3 Nominations includig Best Special Effects

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Critics' reviews

"'Goya's Ghosts' is like the sketchbook Goya might have made with a camera"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Ambitious script is stranded between entertainment and intellectualism, leaving us with a magnificent folly, thoroughly watchable for its visuals but ultimately hollow."

Jonathan Holland: Variety
"I can't remember when I've been so physically and mentally shattered."

Carrie Rickey: Philadelphia Inquirer
"Although the period feeling is convincing, Forman doesn't seem to know exactly what he wants to say about this intensely complex era"

Elizabeth Weitzman: The Wrap
"Though not nearly as perfect as 'Amadeus' and 'The People vs. Larry Flynt', 'Goya's Ghosts' uses the lives of artists and historical figures to show us the best and the worst of our human impulses"

Marjorie Baumgarten: Austin Chronicle
"Lavish production and wardrobe design, as well as beautiful cinematography by Javier Aguirresarobe make Goya's Ghosts lovely to look at, but as a portrait of the artist"

Carina Chocano: Los Angeles Times
"The Spanish Inquisition was better summed up in an eight-minute musical number by Mel Brooks than in the entirety of 'Goya's Ghosts'"

Lou Lumenick: New York Post
"Handsome but stilted."

Stephen Hunter: The Washington Post

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Goya's Ghosts

2006

Milos Forman

5.7

(6,176)