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      Artemisia

      R Released May 8, 1998 1 hr. 42 min. Drama List
      67% 21 Reviews Tomatometer 64% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score An artist (Michel Serrault) encourages his daughter's (Valentina Cervi) delvings into areas previously forbidden female painters in 17th-century Rome. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member if only more accurate historically... Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Agréablement surpris, dans la mesure où c'est probablement l'un des thèmes qui me rejoint le moins sur tout cette planète. L'histoire de la première femme peintre. Wow. Quoi de plus passionnant? Non, sincèrement, les trentes premières minutes du film m'ont vraiment ennuyées, principalement par leur approche à l'eau de rose de l'histoire d'Artemisia, une femme rebelle qui osait enfin s'affirmer. Toutefois, dès qu'on s'aperçoit qu'elle se rebelle par sa naïveté, on se laisse un tantinet charmer par toute cette histoire qui prend vite des allures d'émeute. Et puis, voir Miki Manojlovic parler en français, ça n'a pas de prix. Ah, Underground... Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Alright film, although extremely inacurate. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Lovely movie, beautiful to watch. Every scene could have been made into a painting. May not be accurate in the depiction of this persons life, but that's often what happens when you translate a story, or historical facts, into film. Tragic romance period piece that features some fine acting, and cinematography. The musical score perfectly reflected the mood of the film. Nicely done... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review bill t Artemesia takes the usual story about the art world, eg, "You can't paint that! But I want to!" and plasters it with sex and scandal to make the whole film, well, interesting, but not remarkable. The story is about one of the first female painters around, Artemesia who course, is fiercely independent, but just can't stop thinking of men, and their bodies… for artistic purposes of course. She soon gets private tutoring from one of a well known artist, but soon tutoring becomes much more then art, and soon after that, scandal erupts! Funny how they could take a historical biography and make it almost into a soft-porn fantasy. I mean, was Artemesia THAT much of a man-hungry person? Also, it's quite funny when she's insisting that she "paints for herself!" yet falls for the first person she sees. Actually, the story itself is quite fascinating, and it ends with a trial, which I always love. But I wasn't too crazy about the male lead who played her teacher, who looked rather like the person someone like that wouldn't fall for. I woulda gone for the young fisherman :P Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member This very exposing and erotic film explores rape trial of Artemisia and Tassi. The emotionally packed scenes entice the viewer to become directly involved with Artemisia's lack of authority in her own life and how she overcomes it. An inspiration to women everywhere, Artemisia broke down barriers in the art world that were never even attempted before. I highly recommend this film. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Globe and Mail Rated: 2/4 Apr 12, 2002 Full Review Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Rated: 3.5/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times You like [Artemisia] right away because you sense there's no deceit in her. Rated: 3/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Rated: 4/5 Mar 20, 2008 Full Review David Noh Film Journal International It's been richly photographed and designed, but soon degenerates into a typical flesh-and-sin charade. Dec 5, 2006 Full Review Michael W. Phillips, Jr. Goatdog's Movies The film does a pretty good job of both recreating the world of 17th century art and of avoiding too much historical anachronism. Rated: 3/5 Jun 19, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis An artist (Michel Serrault) encourages his daughter's (Valentina Cervi) delvings into areas previously forbidden female painters in 17th-century Rome.
      Director
      Agnès Merlet
      Executive Producer
      Lilian Saly, Patricia Allard, Daniel Wuhrmann, Conchita Airoldi, Dino Di Dionisio
      Distributor
      Miramax Films
      Production Co
      Miramax
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      May 8, 1998, Original
      Release Date (DVD)
      Dec 18, 2001
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $349.9K
      Sound Mix
      Surround