The Artist and the Model

The Artist and the Model
The Artist and the Model
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Directed by	Fernando Trueba
Written by	Fernando Trueba; Jean-Claude Carrière
Produced by	Angélica Huete
Starring	Jean Rochefort; Aida Folch
Cinematography	Daniel Vilar
Edited by	Marta Velasco
Production; companies	Fernando Trueba P.C.; Bonne Pioche
Release dates	23 September 2012 (2012 SSIFF); 2 August 2013 (United States);
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	French
Box office	$1,492,780

The Artist and the Model (French: L'artiste et son modèle, Spanish: El artista y la modelo) is a 2012 French-language Spanish drama film directed by Fernando Trueba and written by Trueba and Jean-Claude Carrière.^[2] In 2012, Fernando Trueba was nominated for the Golden Shell and won the Silver Shell for Best Director at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. The year after, the film was nominated for 13 categories in the 27th Goya Awards, including Best Film and Best Director.

Plot

In the summer of 1943 in occupied France, a famous sculptor, tired of life, finds a desire to return to work with the arrival of a young Spanish woman who has escaped from a refugee camp and becomes his muse.

Cast

Jean Rochefort as Marc Cros
Aida Folch as Mercè
Claudia Cardinale as Léa
Götz Otto as Werner
Chus Lampreave as María
Christian Sinniger as Émile
Martin Gamet as Pierre
Mateo Deluz as Henri

Reception

Critical response

The Artist and the Model has an approval rating of 70% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 44 reviews, and an average rating of 6.4/10. ^[3] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[4]

Accolades

List of awards and nominations
Award	Category	Nominee	Result
2012 San Sebastián International Film Festival	Golden Seashell	Fernando Trueba	Nominated
2012 San Sebastián International Film Festival	Silver Shell for Best Director	Fernando Trueba	Won
27th Goya Awards	Best Film	Fernando Trueba	Nominated
	Best Director	Fernando Trueba	Nominated
	Best Actor	Jean Rochefort	Nominated
	Best Actress	Aida Folch	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Chus Lampreave	Nominated
	Best Original Screenplay	Fernando Trueba and Jean-Claude Carrière	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Daniel Vilar	Nominated
	Best Editing	Marta Velasco	Nominated
	Best Art Direction	Pilar Revuelta	Nominated
	Best Production Supervision	Angélica Huete	Nominated
	Best Sound	Pierre Gamet, Nacho Royo-Villanova and Eduardo García Castro	Nominated
	Best Costume Design	Lola Huete	Nominated
	Best Makeup and Hairstyles	Sylvie Imbert and Noé Montés	Nominated

References

^ "The Artist and the Model (2012)". Box Office Mojo.
^ "« l'Artiste et son modèle », pour l'amour de Maillol et Picasso". L'Obs (in French). 2013-03-13. Archived from the original on 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
^ "The Artist and the Model". Rotten Tomatoes.
^ "The Artist and the Model". Metacritic.

External links

El artista y la modelo at IMDb
Cohen Media Group (US Distributor): http://cohenmedia.net/artist-and-the-model

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[1] "The Artist and the Model (2012)". Box Office Mojo.

[2] "« l'Artiste et son modèle », pour l'amour de Maillol et Picasso". L'Obs (in French). 2013-03-13. Archived from the original on 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2022-11-07.

[3] "The Artist and the Model". Rotten Tomatoes.

[4] "The Artist and the Model". Metacritic.

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