Goya's Ghosts
2006 · Movie · R · 114 min · ★ 6.6 · 41% critics
A celebrated painter is drawn into a dangerous clash with religious authorities when a young woman is arrested for heresy. As her family pleads for help, he tries to use his access to a powerful church interrogator to influence events, risking his standing and safety amid fear, faith, and shifting loyalties.
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Details
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2006-11-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 41/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (534 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like bleak historical dramas about power, faith, and abuse of authority, with standout acting and striking art on display; Not for you if you want a tight, consistently focused story like Versailles.
Pros: strong performances; vivid period atmosphere; memorable set pieces | Cons: uneven focus; choppy time jumps; messy storyline
Themes
- rape
- religion and supernatural
- heresy
- napoleon bonaparte
- loss
- unwillingly pregnant
- muse
- 18th century
- fictional biography
- spanish inquisition
- fictionalized history
Cast & crew
Javier Bardem
as Lorenzo Casamares
Natalie Portman
as Inés Bilbatúa / Alicia
Stellan Skarsgård
as Francisco Goya
Randy Quaid
as King Carlos IV
José Luis Gómez
as Tomás Bilbatúa
Michael Lonsdale
as Inquisitor General
Blanca Portillo
as Queen María Luisa
Mabel Rivera
as María Isabel Bilbatúa
Unax Ugalde
as Ángel Bilbatúa
Fernando Tielve
as Álvaro Bilbatúa
Directed by Miloš Forman