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The Lovers of Montparnasse (1958)

The Lovers of Montparnasse (1958)

Drama Romance History
Release Date: 1958, April 4
Directors: Jacques Becker
Countries: France, Italy
Production: Produzione Pallavicini, Franco London Films, Astra Cinematografica
Cast: Pierre Richard, Anouk Aimée, Gérard Séty, Bruno Balp, Lino Ventura, Lila Kedrova, Judith Magre, Lilli Palmer, Robert Ripa, Lea Padovani, Jean Lanier, Denise Vernac

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book biography alcoholic depression poverty painter artist montparnasse drunkenness art dealer