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Montparnasse 19 (French: Les Amants de Montparnasse, lit. 'The Lovers of Montparnasse') is a 1958 French-Italian drama film directed and co-written by Jacques Becker, partially based on the last years of the life of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, who worked and died in abject poverty in the Montparnasse area of Paris.
The film chronicles the last days of the alcoholic, tubercular artist Amedeo Modigliani in Montparnasse, Paris. It charts his relationships with three women: a masochistic British journalist, a kindly bistro owner, and a young innocent who models for some of his most famous paintings.
Montparnasse 19 (ou Les Amants de Montparnasse) est un film français en coproduction franco-italienne, réalisé par Jacques Becker, sorti en 1958.
Summaries. About the last years of the life of the great artist Modigliani. A poor Italian artist suffering from alcoholism and opium addiction falls in love with Jeanne, a girl from a wealthy family whose parents are categorically against it. Biographic movie about the last year of the famous Italian painter Modigliani.
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Biography. Drama. Romance. Based on Book. Real Story. Black and White. About the last years of the life of the great artist Modigliani. A poor Italian artist suffering from alcoholism and opium addiction falls in love with Jeanne, a girl from a wealthy family whose parents are categorically against it.
While Gérard Philippe plays the dissolute artist failing to sell his work in a predominantly mournful key, the film is mainly memorable for the vivid portrayals of the two important women in his life: his masochistic mistress and the devoted model Jeanne, superbly incarnated by Anouk Aimee.
