Artemisia
Artemisia is a 1997 French-German-Italian biographical film about Artemisia Gentileschi, the female Italian Baroque painter. The film was directed by Agnès Merlet, and stars Valentina Cervi and Michel Serrault.
Plot
Seventeen-year-old Artemisia Gentileschi (Valentina Cervi), the daughter of Orazio Gentileschi, a renowned Italian painter, exhibits artistic talent. She is encouraged by her father, who has no sons, and wishes his legacy to survive after him. However, in the chauvinistic world of early 17th century Italy, women are forbidden to paint human nudes or enter the Academy of Arts. Orazio allows his daughter to study in his studio, although he draws the line at letting her view nude males. Even so, she is direct and determined, and bribes the fisherman Fulvio with a kiss to let her observe his body and draw him.
Cast
- Alain Ollivier
- Brigitte Catillon
- Claudia Giannotti
- Dominique Reymond
- Emmanuelle Devos
- Enrico Salimbeni
- Frédéric Pierrot
- Jacques Nolot
- Liliane Rovère
- Lorenzo Lavia
- Luca Zingaretti
- Maurice Garrel
- Michel Serrault
- Miki Manojlović
- Paolo De Vita
- Patrick Lancelot
- Renato Carpentieri
- Sami Bouajila
- Silvia De Santis
- Valentina Cervi
- Yann Trégouët
More details
| author | Agnès Merlet |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Italy |
| director | Agnès Merlet |
| editor | Daniele Sordoni Guy Lecorne |
| events | Artemisia Gentileschi |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | 17th century academy of arts accademia di belle arti di firenze agostino tassi build orazio gentileschi paint perspective torture |
| musicBy | Krishna Levy |
| producer | Patrice Haddad |
| publisher | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment UniFrance Warner Bros. |
| theme | biographical biographical drama rape |