“Óscar. The Color of Destiny” is a revealing portrayal of a forgotten icon of French Surrealism: Spanish painter Óscar Domínguez, contemporary of Picasso. The film rediscovers the life of a talented artist who was ignored after he committed suicide, fifty years ago, victim of a serious illness which had disfigured his body: the Elephant Man’s disease. The film is stirring and touching and compels admiration for the bohemian painter whose fate was self-destruction, after a wild crazy life. Lucas Fernández turns the life of a debauchee, who regarded himself a monster because of his disfiguring disease, into a universal story where art is the product of love and loneliness, of sex and violence before, during and after the Nazi invasion of Paris. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.2/10 | |
Released: | February 22, 2008 | |
Runtime: | 108 min | |
Genres: | Drama Biography | |
Cast: | Victoria Abril Joaquim de Almeida Emma Suárez Jorge Perugorría | |
Crew: | Lucas Fernández Eduardo del Llano | |
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