Basic
Info
Title:
Final Portrait
Genre:
Biography, Drama
Country:
United Kingdom, United States
Language:
English
Running
time: 90 minutes
Release
date: February 11, 2017 (Berlin International
Film Festival), August 18, 2017 (United Kingdom), March 23, 2018 (United
States)
Staff
Director:
Stanley Tucci
Produced by: Nik Bower, Gail Egan, Ilann Girard
Screenplay: Stanley Tucci
Music: Evan Lurie
Cinematography:
Danny Cohen
Edited
by: Camilla Toniolo
Cast
Geoffrey Rush as Alberto Giacometti
Armie Hammer as James Lord
Clémence Poésy as Caroline
Tony Shalhoub as Diego Giacometti
James Faulkner as Pierre Matisse
Sylvie
Testud as Annette Giacometti
Summary
"Final Portrait" is a
2017 drama film written and directed by Stanley Tucci. The film had its world
premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 11, 2017.
In Paris 1964, the famous sculptor
Alberto Giacometti meets his old friend and American critic, James Lord, and
asks him to be a model for his portrait in his studio. Satisfied with the
request, Lord complies, and he is told that only two days are needed to paint
the portrait. But two days later, Giacometti asks Lord that the model continue
for another week. Lord is busy and has to go back home, but he delays his
departure and patiently helps Giacometti for his work.
Movie
Review
“A sketch”
“I got what I expected and
that means quality”
“The Un-Glamorous
Lifestyle of an Artist”
“Entertaining and
enlightening”
“Wonderful”
“Another splendid
performance from Geoffrey Rush”
“The Story of a Talented
Swiss Painter and a Sculptor”
“Giacometti and his
philosophy and art”
“A Valentine to the
Creative Process, Told in Human Terms”
“Engaging thumbnail
sketch”
“An interesting portrait”
Interesting
stories about the film
1. This is the first film Stanley
Tucci directed, but he did not appear in this film.
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| Stanley Tucci |
2. Alberto Giacometti was born in
Borgonovo, now part of the Switzerland province of Bregaglia, near the Italian
border. He was a descendant of a Protestant refugees who had escaped the
Inquisition.
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| Alberto Giacometti |
3. Giacometti’s "Pointing
Man" sold for $126 million, a sculpture auction record, in Christie's
auction in New York on May 11, 2015.
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| Pointing Man, Alberto Giacometti (1947) |
4. The filmmakers carefully
recreated Giacometti's studio, using archive photos and footage. The Giacometti
Foundation in Paris helped make the film, on the condition that all artworks
created for the film would be destroyed after filming was completed.
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| Giacometti Foundation |
5. The portrait of James Lord sold
for $20,885,000 in November 2015, according to Christie's website, an art
auction house. The painting was called "James Lord".
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| James Lord, Alberto Giacometti (1964) |
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