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6.6Painter Francisco Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition after his muse, Inés, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her family turns to him, hoping that his connection with fanatical Inquisitor Lorenzo, whom he is painting, can secure her release.
Cast
- 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
Themes
- rape
- religion and supernatural
- heresy
- napoleon bonaparte
- loss
- unwillingly pregnant
- muse
- 18th century
- fictional biography
- spanish inquisition
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Miloš Forman
- Written by
- Miloš Forman, Jean-Claude Carrière
- Produced by
- Saul Zaentz
- Starring
- Javier Bardem , Natalie Portman , Stellan Skarsgård , Randy Quaid , Unax Ugalde
- Cinematography
- Javier Aguirresarobe
- Edited by
- Adam Boome
- Music by
- Varhan Orchestrovič Bauer
- Production companies
- The Saul Zaentz Company, Kanzaman, Antena 3 Televisión, Xuxa Producciones
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures (Spain), Samuel Goldwyn Films (United States)
- Release dates
- 10 November 2006 ( 2006-11-10 ) (Spain) 20 July 2007 ( 2007-07-20 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 114 minutes
- Countries
- Spain, United States
- Languages
- Spanish, English
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $9.4 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Goya's Ghosts is a 2006 biographical drama film, directed by Miloš Forman (his final directorial feature before his death in 2018), and written by him and Jean-Claude Carrière. The film stars Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, and Stellan Skarsgård as Francisco Goya, and was filmed on location in Spain during late 2005. The film was written, produced, and performed in English although it is a Spanish production.
Although the historical setting of the film is authentic, the story about Goya trying to defend a model is fictional, as are the characters Brother Lorenzo and the Bilbatúa family.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Goya's Ghosts” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.