''The Artist and the Model'' ( French: ''L'artiste et son modèle'',

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: ''El artista y la modelo)'' is a 2012 French-language Spanish drama film directed by

Fernando Trueba Fernando Rodríguez Trueba (born 18 January 1955), known as Fernando Trueba, is a Spanish book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer. Between 1974 and 1979, he worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper ''El País''. ...

and written by Trueba and Jean-Claude Carrière. In 2012, Fernando Trueba was nominated for the

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and won the

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at the

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. The year after, the film was nominated for 13 categories in the 27th Goya Awards, including

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and

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Plot

In the summer of 1943 in

occupied France The Military Administration in France (german: Militärverwaltung in Frankreich; french: Occupation de la France par l'Allemagne) was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zo ...

, 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 as Marc Cros *

Aida Folch Aida Benítez Folch (born 24 November 1986) is a Spanish actress. Biography Aida Benítez Folch was born in Reus Reus () is the capital of Baix Camp, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. The area has always been an important p ...

as Mercè *

Claudia Cardinale Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (; born 15 April 1938) is an Italian actress. She has starred in some of the most iconic European films of the 1960s and 1970s, acting in Italian, French, and English. Born and raised in La Goulette, a ...

as Léa *

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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 Almodó ...

as María *Christian Sinniger as Émile *Martin Gamet as Pierre *Mateo Deluz as Henri

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