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Artemisia[Subtitle] - DVD

SKU: 7869924 | Release Date: 12/18/2001

Rating: R for Sexual Situations, Adult Situations

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Rating: R for Sexual Situations, Adult Situations
Format: DVD
Theatrical Release: 1997
Length: 96 minutes
Screen Formats: Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre: General Dramas
Studio: UNKNOWN
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Synopsis

This historical drama is based on the true story of Artemisia Gentileschi, the first woman to achieve success as a painter. In 17th century Italy, noted artist Orazio Gentileschi (Michel Serrault) is a portrait artist enjoying a certain degree of success and acclaim. His 17-year-old daughter Artemisia (Valentina Cervi) would like to follow the same path as her father, but women are not allowed to pursue careers in the arts, and the convent where she attends school forbids students to sketch nude models. Eager to learn, Artemisia begins posing for herself by use of a mirror; her father discovers her secret but is enthusiastic about her work, and he takes her out of school so he can tutor her in painting and drawing. Orazio forbids her to draw male nudes, but curious Artemisia persuades local men to serve as her models, and her work steadily improves. In time, Artemisia and her work come to the attention of Agostino Tassi (Miki Manojovic), a friend of her father who is a well-known painter and something of a rake. Tassi is impressed by both the art and the artist, but when he and Artemisia begin a love affair, he finds himself on trial for rape. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Languages/Sound

Fre

Screen Formats

Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV

Subtitle Languages

Eng

Additional Features

Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound English subtitles Widescreen [1.85:1] enhanced for 16x9 televisions

Chapters

Side #1 --
0. Chapter Selection
1. Opening Credits: "Much to Learn" [5:54]
2. A Lustful Impression [4:28]
3. The Forbidden Half of Art [6:42]
4. "She Paints Like a Man" [4:57]
5. Mastering Perspective [4:34]
6. Encounters With Tassi [6:48]
7. "Professor or Confessor?" [3:57]
8. "Start Over" [4:53]
9. Unmasking Beauty [7:17]
10. Taking Over the Mind [8:20]
11. Festering Gossip and Rumors [6:24]
12. "Everything for Yourself!" [4:14]
13. Reputations Ruined [6:44]
14. "You're Part of Me Now" [4:50]
15. "What Did I Do?" [5:16]
16. "No One Dies of Sorrow" [7:51]
17. End Credits [2:16]

Cast

Miki Manojlovic - Agostino Tassi
Luca Zingaretti - Cosimo Quorli
Jacques Nolot
Frederic Pierrot - Roberto
Michel Serrault - Orazio Gentileschi
Yann Tregouet
Silvia De Santis
Brigitte Catillon - Tuzia
Renato Carpentieri
Valentina Cervi - Artemisia Gentileschi
Maurice Garrel - The Judge
Emmanuelle Devos - Costanza
Predrag Manojlovic - Agostino Tassi

Crew

Screenwriter: Christine Miller
Executive Producer: Lilian Saly ,Daniel Wuhrmann
Co-producer: Leo Pescarolo
Director: Agn�s Merlet
Screenwriter: Agn�s Merlet ,Patrick Amos
Executive Producer: Conchita Airoldi
Editor: Guy Lecorne
Sound/Sound Designer: Jean-Pierre Laforce
Producer: Patrice Haddad
Production Designer: Antonello Geleng
Cinematographer: Benoit Delhomme
First Assistant Director: Alfred Lot
Casting: Bruno Levy
Sound/Sound Designer: Francois Waledisch
Costume Designer: Dominique Borg
Executive Producer: Dino Di Dionisio
Co-producer: Christoph Meyer-Wiel
Composer (Music Score): Krishna Levy
Executive Producer: Patricia Allard

Artemisia: AMG Review
Andrea LeVasseur , AMG

The historical romance Artemisia is a lushly photographed costume docudrama about the controversial 17th century painter Artemisia Gentileschi. By choosing to focus on her teenage years, loss of virginity, and romantic entanglements with her instructor, the story bypasses her personal artistic struggles for the melodramatic mixing of art and passion -- a choice that has continually been used to devalue women artists in general. The first half of the film is at its best, with the young Artemisia (a headstrong and determined Valentina Cervi) in numerous voyeuristic opportunities, like spying on lovers on the beach and peeking into a brothel. These scenes effectively show the creative impulses of a budding Renaissance painter making attempts at learning her craft, as well as that of a sexually curious young woman. However, the second half becomes bogged down in the relationship between Artemisia and Tassi (Miki Manojlovic), evading the story of her own creative drive. Spoken in French about an entirely Italian subject, director Agn�s Merlet provides more than a few historical inaccuracies to the benefit of the melodrama. Though it makes for a compelling story, the film's trial diverts from the real-life transcribed rape trial, and coats the topic with a mutually loving teacher-student relationship before any suggestion of rape is made. For such a historically important figure, Artemisia misses the opportunity to make a unique portrait of an artist and pioneer in the face of repression, becoming instead a wonderful bodice-ripping romance. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

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