El artista y la modelo (The Artist and the Model) 2013

The Artist and the Model

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Marc Cros (Jean Rochefort), a famous sculptor, sees Mercè (Aida Folch) in the village and brings her home to sketch her.
  • Rating:
    R (Graphic Nudity)
  • Genre:
    drama, comedy
  • Original Language:
    French (Canada)
  • Director:
    Fernando Trueba
  • Writer:
    Jean-Claude Carrière, Fernando Trueba
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     limited
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  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $43.0K
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    Fernando Trueba P.C., S.A.

Cast & Crew

Jean Rochefort
Marc Cros
Aida Folch
Mercè
Claudia Cardinale
Léa
Chus Lampreave
María
Götz Otto
Werner
Martin Gamet
Pierre
Christian Sinniger
Emile
Mateo Deluz
Henri
Fernando Trueba
Director
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenwriter
Fernando Trueba
Screenwriter
Cristina Huete
Executive Producer
Daniel Vilar
Cinematographer
Marta Velasco
Film Editor
Pilar Revuelta
Production Design
Lala Huete
Costume Designer
Jean-Claude Carrière
Writer
Fernando Trueba
Writer
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News & Interviews for El artista y la modelo (The Artist and the Model)

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Critic Reviews for El artista y la modelo (The Artist and the Model)

All Critics (43) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (30) | Rotten (13)

  • This film has its own nature, almost its own reality. The sudden finish almost seems meant to make it our responsibility to comprehend the whole.

    November 14, 2013 | Full Review…

    Stanley Kauffmann

    The New Republic
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  • The film takes time to get going. There is reward eventually, though: in Rochefort's plain but noble-nosed suffering, in some acute dialogue about the pains and paradoxes of art creation.

    September 13, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Nigel Andrews

    Financial Times
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  • In the absence of much dramatic heft, its complacent beauty soon wears off; set it against Rivette's La Belle Noiseuse, a far more rigorous interrogation of this dynamic, and it's but a lightly shimmering afterthought.

    September 12, 2013 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

    Mike McCahill

    Guardian
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  • Oscar winning Spaniard Fernando Trueba ponders the relationship between artist and muse, and in glistening black and white.

    September 12, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

    Rebecca Ellis

    Little White Lies
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  • This is a slim story but a tranquil, beautiful piece of work.

    September 12, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

    David Gritten

    Daily Telegraph (UK)
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  • That old arthouse chestnut, about the restorative power of naked young women, gets another outing in this pretty but superficial musing on the creative process.

    September 10, 2013 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

    Trevor Johnston

    Time Out
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Audience Reviews for El artista y la modelo (The Artist and the Model)

  • Aug 28, 2013
    "The Artist and the Model" starts with Lea(Claudia Cardinale) noticing Merce(Aida Folch) sleeping in a doorway in occupied France. It turns out that Merce is a refugee from Franco's Spain, having spent some time in a camp. Sensing an opportunity, Lea offers Merce room, board and a little money in exchange for posing nude for her husband Marc(Jean Rochefort), a sculptor, which she accepts. Lea is right that Merce is the right physical type for her husband's artwork, even though Merce wish nobody else would stop by. As far as diversions go, "The Artist and the Model" is a perfectly respectable and pleasant one, filmed in black and white with a few old school dissolves to boot. While it may seem strange for such a story to be set during World War II, just remember that wars are not always fought without a break. And I like Marc's original take on the biblical creation of men and women, as this is not the first time a Garden of Eden analogy could be applied to nude posing.(As somebody else once pointed out, "Sirens" would be the other movie.) At first, the camera respects Merce's initial reticence at posing before she becomes much more comfortable, eschewing a fig leaf, and even sleeping in the buff.
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