The Artist and the Model Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Dec. 21, 2013

The Artist and the Model

Release Date: Friday, August 2, 2013 Limited

Fernando Trueba, Aida Folch, Claudia Cardinale, Jean Rochefort

Summer of 1943. In an occupied France, not far away from the Spanish border, a famous old sculptor who is tired of life and wars finds the desire to work on his last masterpiece when a beautiful young Spanish girl comes knocking after escaping a refugee camp in the South of France.

R 1 hr, 45 m French

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Summer of 1943. In an occupied France, not far away from the Spanish border, a famous old sculptor who is tired of life and wars finds the desire to work on his last masterpiece when a beautiful young Spanish girl comes knocking after escaping a refugee camp in the South of France.

Plot

What's the story about?

In German occupied France of 1943, an elderly sculptor and his wife live in a small town close to the Spanish border. Several years have passed since the 80 year old artist Marc Cros (Jean Rochfort) stopped sculpting. He has lived through two wars and is disillusioned by the world around him. One day his wife (Claudia Cardinale) brings home a young woman she sees in the streets. Her name is Merce (Aida Folch) and she is on the run from Franco’s army. The couple offer to shelter her in the sculptor’s workshop. While she is there, she models for what will be the last work by Cros. Slowly, a beautiful friendship is born between the young woman, whose life is just beginning, and the old man, who senses that his end is near.

Cited as official plot version from cohenmedia.net

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Artist and the Model.

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Jean Rochefort
... Marc Cros

Mr. Bean's Holiday, Man on the Train
C
Claudia Cardinale
... Léa

All Roads Lead to Rome, And Now Ladies and Gentlemen
A
Aida Folch
... Mercè

The Island, Mondays in the Sun

Crew Behind the Film

The The Artist and the Model behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Fernando Trueba last directed The Queen of Spain and Chico & Rita. The film's writer Fernando Trueba last wrote The Queen of Spain.

Director: Fernando Trueba
Screenwriter: Fernando Trueba

Studio: Cohen Media Group
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Additional Information

MPA Rating: R Restricted for sequences of graphic nudity
Runtime: 1 hr, 45 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: French

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Production Details

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Key Facts

"A quietly beautiful rumination on mortality and artistic inspiration that will delight patient, older audiences". –Neil Youngre, The Hollywood Reporter

Production Updates

May 2013

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

The Artist and the Model was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, August 2, 2013. There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including 2 Guns, Cockneys vs Zombies and The Canyons. As a limited release, The Artist and the Model was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

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