Rarely do you lose view of the fact that the people in movies are actors but here, I was sure at each and every moment that I was seeing the real artist with all the subtle and extraordianry naunces that belong to an individual. Elio Germano is superb as Antonio Ligabue, simply amazing. The cast is good but this is Elio Germano's movie, pure and simple.
Beautifully filmed, the story unfolds with Antonio's hideous and abusive childhood, his lack of love, nurturing and understanding and also lack of good nutrition, leaving him a somewhat weak and distorted figure of a man and ugly.
But the artist is brilliant and his heart is good.
Many visits to asylums and infirmaries, he is unique in his expression of 'jumping into the skin' of his painted subjects, needing to become the animals and subjects he paints or sculpts.
This is a brilliant portrayal. For artists, his work is simply stupendous, his use of technique fascinating.
This movie was a work of art in itself and I'm amazed it didn't capture wider attention.
Beautifully filmed, the story unfolds with Antonio's hideous and abusive childhood, his lack of love, nurturing and understanding and also lack of good nutrition, leaving him a somewhat weak and distorted figure of a man and ugly.
But the artist is brilliant and his heart is good.
Many visits to asylums and infirmaries, he is unique in his expression of 'jumping into the skin' of his painted subjects, needing to become the animals and subjects he paints or sculpts.
This is a brilliant portrayal. For artists, his work is simply stupendous, his use of technique fascinating.
This movie was a work of art in itself and I'm amazed it didn't capture wider attention.