Basic
Info
Title:
Lautrec
Genre:
Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country:
France, Spain
Language:
French
Running
time: 125 minutes
Release
date: 7 September 1998 (Venice Film Festival), 9
September 1998 (France)
Staff
Director:
Roger Planchon
Produced by: Margaret Ménégoz
Screenplay: Roger Planchon
Cinematography:
Gérard Simon
Music:
Jean-Pierre Fouquey
Editor:
Isabelle Devinck
Cast
Régis Royer as Henri de
Toulouse-Lautrec
Elsa Zylberstein as Suzanne Valadon
Anémone as Comtesse Adèle de
Toulouse-Lautrec
Claude Rich as Comte Alphonse de
Toulouse-Lautrec
Hélène Babu as La Goulue
Karel Vingerhoets as Vincent van Gogh
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| Régis Royer |
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| Elsa Zylberstein |
Summary
"Lautrec" is a 1998 French-Spanish biographical film about the French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
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| Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec |
Directed by Roger Planchon, the film focuses on his love with
painter Suzanne Valadon, and it was shown at the 1998 Venice Film Festival.
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| Self-Portrait, Suzanne Valadon (1898) |
Lautrec was a French painter born
on November 24, 1864 and died on September 9, 1901, who is one of the most
famous Post-Impressionist painters along with Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh,
Paul Gauguin and Georges Seurat.
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| Portrait of Vincent van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1887) |
After moving to Paris in 1882, he studied from Léon Bonnat and was fascinated by Montmartre, famous for its bohemian lifestyle. Later, he moved to Fernand Cormon’s studio, where he met friends for the rest of his life. At this time, he also met Émile Bernard and Vincent van Gogh.
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| Fille romaine à la fontaine, Léon Bonnat (1875) |
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| Going Fishing, Fernand Cormon (1888) |
Lautrec met Suzanne Valadon in 1885, and he painted several
portraits of her and supported her ambition as an artist. It is said that the
two were lovers and she wanted to marry him, but when their relationship ended,
Valadon attempted suicide.
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| Portrait of Suzanne Valadon, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1885) |
Movie
Review
“Wonderful”
“Wonderful biography of
painter Toulouse-Lautrec”
“I love it”
Thank you.
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