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Surviving Picasso

  • 19961996
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  • 2h 5m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
7.5K
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Anthony Hopkins in Surviving Picasso (1996)
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The passionate Merchant Ivory drama tells the story of Françoise Gilot (Natascha McElhone), the only lover of Pablo Picasso (Sir Anthony Hopkins) who was strong enough to withstand his feroc... Read allThe passionate Merchant Ivory drama tells the story of Françoise Gilot (Natascha McElhone), the only lover of Pablo Picasso (Sir Anthony Hopkins) who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty, and move on with her life.The passionate Merchant Ivory drama tells the story of Françoise Gilot (Natascha McElhone), the only lover of Pablo Picasso (Sir Anthony Hopkins) who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty, and move on with her life.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
7.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • James Ivory
  • Writers
    • Arianna Huffington(book "Picasso: Creator and Destroyer")
    • Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Anthony Hopkins
    • Natascha McElhone
    • Julianne Moore
Top credits
  • Director
    • James Ivory
  • Writers
    • Arianna Huffington(book "Picasso: Creator and Destroyer")
    • Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Anthony Hopkins
    • Natascha McElhone
    • Julianne Moore
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    • 25User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
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    Anthony Hopkins
    Anthony Hopkins
    • Pablo Picassoas Pablo Picasso
    Natascha McElhone
    Natascha McElhone
    • Françoise Gilotas Françoise Gilot
    Julianne Moore
    Julianne Moore
    • Dora Maaras Dora Maar
    Joss Ackland
    Joss Ackland
    • Henri Matisseas Henri Matisse
    Dennis Boutsikaris
    Dennis Boutsikaris
    • Kootzas Kootz
    Peter Eyre
    Peter Eyre
    • Sabartesas Sabartes
    Peter Gerety
    Peter Gerety
    • Marcelas Marcel
    Susannah Harker
    Susannah Harker
    • Marie-Thérèseas Marie-Thérèse
    Jane Lapotaire
    Jane Lapotaire
    • Olga Picassoas Olga Picasso
    Joseph Maher
    Joseph Maher
    • Kahnweileras Kahnweiler
    Bob Peck
    Bob Peck
    • Françoise's Fatheras Françoise's Father
    Diane Venora
    Diane Venora
    • Jacquelineas Jacqueline
    Dominic West
    Dominic West
    • Paulo Picassoas Paulo Picasso
    Joan Plowright
    Joan Plowright
    • Françoise's Grandmotheras Françoise's Grandmother
    Laura Aikman
    Laura Aikman
    • Mayaas Maya
    Allegra Di Carpegna
    • Genevièveas Geneviève
    • (as Allegra di Carpegna)
    Anthony Milner
    • Police Commissioneras Police Commissioner
    Agapi Stassinopoulos
    • Inèsas Inès
    • Director
      • James Ivory
    • Writers
      • Arianna Huffington(book "Picasso: Creator and Destroyer")
      • Ruth Prawer Jhabvala(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      A few years after this movie, Sir Anthony Hopkins had already signed on to play Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal (2001), but Jodie Foster had declined. When director Ridley Scott let Hopkins know what actresses were being considered to play Clarice, Hopkins remembered how much he enjoyed working with Julianne Moore on this movie, and recommended her.
    • Quotes

      Pablo Picasso: I really like intelligent women. Sometimes, of course, I like stupid ones too.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The First Wives Club/Big Night/Surviving Picasso/Last Man Standing/Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)

    User reviews25

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Portrait of the Artist as a Monster
    It's a pity that many of the user comments on this movie are simply a vehicle for people's dislike of Picasso, and that they treat the film as though it were a documentary. Picasso may have been as sex-mad, egocentric, paranoid and capricious as any Hollywood star (think Chaplin); but first and foremost he was a prodigious artist, who transformed our view of visual art, and dealt with some of the great themes of western culture. And presumably it was those latter qualities which drew women to him, in the same way that women have been drawn to successful, powerful men of dubious character since the dawn of time.

    The movie and Hopkins' performance are certainly successful in displaying Picasso's human weaknesses; but there is a failure to adequately convey Picasso's enormous creative power, a weakness compounded by the fact that the makers were not allowed to use much of his work in the film. I see the film as a well made, excellently acted, but partial (in both senses of the word) portrait of the artist. Its real focus is the women in his life, especially Francoise Gilot, and on the two-way exploitative nature of the relationship between a man of this kind and his mistresses/wives.
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    • Why it called Surviving Picasso?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 20, 1996 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Merchant Ivory Productions (United States)
      • Warner Bros. (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Picasso ile yaşamak
    • Filming locations
      • France
    • Production companies
      • Merchant Ivory Productions
      • David L. Wolper Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $16,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,021,348
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $87,054
      • Sep 22, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,021,348
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 5 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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