Goya in Bordeaux
Director: Carlos Saura
Cast: Francisco Rabal, José Coronado, Dafne Fernández
Spain, 1999, 107’, color
Spanish with Turkish subtitles
Bordeaux, 1828. The 82-year-old Spanish artist Francisco de Goya is living in exile. His younger lover Leocadia and her daughter Rosarito, an aspiring artist, take care of him in his final illness; Goya himself is working on lithographs and socializing with fellow radical exiles. Over the course of the last months of his life, Goya recounts his life story to Rosarito. He recalls his entrance into the glittering Madrid court of the Bourbons, the illness that led to his early deafness, his love affair with the Duchess of Alba, who dies poisoned by conspirators, the French invasion of Spain and the Peninsular War. Meanwhile his major works, including his portraits for Charles III's court, the caprichos series of etchings, the Black paintings, and the Disasters of War series, are brought to life in on-screen tableaux.
The screening of this film is in collaboration with the Cervantes Institute.
28 April Saturday, 14:00
29 April Sunday, 14:00
12 May Saturday, 11:00
6 June Wednesday, 16:00
8 July Sunday, 14:00
15 July Sunday, 14:00