Complete credited cast: | |||
Geoffrey Rush | ... | Alberto Giacometti | |
Armie Hammer | ... | James Lord | |
Tony Shalhoub | ... | Diego Giacometti | |
Sylvie Testud | ... | Annette Giacometti | |
Clémence Poésy | ... | Caroline | |
James Faulkner | ... | Pierre Matisse | |
Kerry Shale | ... | Claude Martineau | |
Annabel Mullion | ... | Anne-Marie Frenaud | |
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Tim Dreisden | ... | Café Waiter |
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Takatsuna Mukai | ... | Annette's Lover |
Philippe Spall | ... | Pimp | |
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Gaspard Caens | ... | Pimp |
In 1964, while on a short trip to Paris, the American writer and art-lover James Lord (Armie Hammer) is asked by his friend, the world-renowned artist Alberto Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush), to sit for a portrait. The process, Giacometti assures Lord, will take only a few days. Flattered and intrigued, Lord agrees. So begins not only the story of an offbeat friendship, but, seen through the eyes of Lord, an insight into the beauty, frustration, profundity and, at times, downright chaos of the artistic process. FINAL PORTRAIT is a portrait of a genius, and of a friendship between two men who are utterly different, yet increasingly bonded through a single, ever-evolving act of creativity. It is a film which shines a light on the artistic process itself, by turns exhilarating, exasperating and bewildering, questioning whether the gift of a great artist is a blessing or a curse.
Luckily this movie isn't that long because there isn't that much story. But nevertheless it's interesting for a look a the creative process of one of the most famous sculptors in the world. This isn't a sweeping biopic of the artist's life just a segment.
Geoffrey Rush is effective as the sculptor trying to paint a painting and starting over and over again. His subject is an art critic played by Armie Hammer who looks elegant as he poses in his suits. Clemence Poesy plays a prostitute mistress of Giacometti.
Worth a watch if you are interested in Giacometti.