Final Portrait
2017 · Movie · R · 87 min · ★ 6.0 · 72% critics
In 1960s Paris, a celebrated artist asks a visiting writer to sit for a portrait that is supposed to take only an afternoon. As the sessions stretch on, the film becomes a close look at creative obsession, self-doubt, and the strange bond that grows between artist and subject.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-08-03
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (186 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy slow, intimate character pieces about difficult artists, especially in the vein of Pollock or Shirley; Not for you if you want a plot-heavy story or faster pacing.
Pros: strong lead performance; sharp artist-study; intriguing creative process | Cons: very slow pace; repetitive structure; thin supporting characters
Themes
- paris, france
- based on novel or book
- biography
- sculptor
- struggling artist
- 1960s
- painter as artist
- posing for a portrait
- portrait of an artist
Cast & crew
Geoffrey Rush
as Alberto Giacometti
Armie Hammer
as James Lord
Clémence Poésy
as Caroline
Tony Shalhoub
as Diego Giacometti
Sylvie Testud
as Annette Giacometti
James Faulkner
as Pierre Matisse
Kerry Shale
as Claude Martineau
Annabel Mullion
as Anne-Marie Frenaud
- TD
Tim Dreisden
as Café Waiter
Takatsuna Mukai
as Annette's Lover
Directed by Stanley Tucci