''The Artist and the Model'' (
French
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: ''L'artiste et son modèle'',
Spanish: ''El artista y la modelo)'' is a 2012 French-language
Spanish drama film directed by
Fernando Trueba and written by Trueba and
Jean-Claude Carrière
Jean-Claude Carrière (; 17 September 1931 – 8 February 2021) was a French novelist, screenwriter and actor. He received an Academy Award for best short film for co-writing '' Heureux Anniversaire'' (1963), and was later conferred an Honorary ...
.
In 2012, Fernando Trueba was nominated for the
Golden Shell and won the
Silver Shell for Best Director at the
San Sebastián International Film Festival. The year after, the film was nominated for 13 categories in the
27th Goya Awards
The 27th Goya Awards were presented at the Madrid Marriott Auditorium Hotel in Madrid on February 17, 2013 to honour the best in Spanish films of 2012. Comedian Eva Hache was the master of ceremonies for the second year in a row. Nominees were ann ...
, including
Best Film and
Best Director.
Plot
In the summer of 1943 in
occupied France, a famous sculptor, tired of life, finds a desire to return to work with the arrival of a young Spanish woman who has escaped from a refugee camp and becomes his muse.
Cast
*
Jean Rochefort
Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort (; 29 April 1930 – 9 October 2017) was a French actor. He received many accolades during his career, including an Honorary César in 1999.
Life and career
Rochefort was born on 29 April 1930 in Paris, France, to ...
as Marc Cros
*
Aida Folch as Mercè
*
Claudia Cardinale as Léa
*
Götz Otto
Götz Otto (born 15 October 1967) is a German film and television actor who is perhaps best known internationally for his roles as henchman Richard Stamper in the 1997 James Bond film '' Tomorrow Never Dies'', as Adolf Hitler's adjutant Otto ...
as Werner
*
Chus Lampreave
María Jesús Lampreave Pérez (11 December 1930 – 4 April 2016), known professionally as Chus Lampreave, was a Spanish character actress who starred in more than 70 films.
She is internationally known for her roles in films by Pedro Almodóv ...
as María
*Christian Sinniger as Émile
*Martin Gamet as Pierre
*Mateo Deluz as Henri
Accolades
See also
*
List of Spanish films of 2012
References
External links
*
*
Cohen Media Group (US Distributor): http://cohenmedia.net/artist-and-the-model
2012 films
2012 drama films
Spanish drama films
2010s French-language films
Films directed by Fernando Trueba
Films about fictional painters
Films about the arts
Films with screenplays by Jean-Claude Carrière
Films about sculptors
2010s Spanish films
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