Rent Montparnasse 19 (1958)
3.6 of 5 from 66 ratings
1h 48min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
"Montparnasse 19", a film about the tragic final years in the life of Italian painter and sculptor Amadeo Modigliani, was itself beset by tragedy. Max Ophuls, the famed director of 'Letter from an Unknown Woman' and 'Le Plaisir', died during its production, leaving his friend Jacques Becker to complete the picture. Its lead performer too, the great French actor Gerard Philipe, would succumb to cancer just over a year after its release. In tracing the latter part of Modigliani's life, 'Montparnasse 19', focuses on the key figures during his time in Paris - his patron Leopold Zborowski (played by Gerard Sety) and two muses, Beatrice Hastings (Lilli Palmer) and Jeanne Hebuterne (Anouk Aimee) - and his gradual descent into alcoholism and drug addiction. The end results, both hauntingly beautiful and savagely ironic, are really quite remarkable. A fitting tribute to the outstanding careers of Ophuls and Philippe, and another excellent entry in the equally superb filmography of Becker, a filmmaker who is finally getting his due. - Actors:
- Gérard Philipe, Lilli Palmer, Lea Padovani, Gérard Séty, Lino Ventura, Anouk Aimée, Lila Kedrova, Arlette Poirier, Pâquerette, Marianne Oswald, Judith Magre, Denise Vernac, Robert Ripa, Jean Lanier, Carole Sands, Jany Clair, Antoine Tudal, Bruno Balp, Jacques Ferrière, Monique Ardoin
- Directors:
- Jacques Becker
- Producers:
- Sandro Pallavicini, Henry Deutschmeister
- Writers:
- Michel-Georges Michel, Jacques Becker
- Aka:
- Les amants de Montparnasse / Hero of Montmatre / The Lovers of Montparnasse
- Studio:
- Arrow Academy
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- A Brief History of the Tradition of Quality, Cinema Paradiso's 2022 Centenary Club, Films & TV by topic, Fine Art Films: Gallery of Great Painters, Memory Lane: Films Set in 1920s, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Films By Year, Top 10 Films of 1959
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/11/2017
- Run Time:
- 108 minutes
- Languages:
- French Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Jacques Becker and the Artistic Condition, a 55-minute documentary featuring interviews with Anouk Aimee, Frangoise Fabian and Jean Becker
- Newly filmed appreciation of the film by Ginette Vincendeau, author of The BFI Companion to French Cinema and Paris in the Cinema: Beyond the Flaneur
