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Goya's Ghosts
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R,1hr 53min
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July 20, 2007
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Samuel Goldwyn Films
Synopsis: The lives of a great artist, a corrupted holy man, and a beautiful woman cross paths at a crucial moment in history in this epic-scale historical drama from director Milos Forman. Near the end of the 18th century, Francisco Goya (Stellan Skarsgård) is a gifted but controversial artist whose provocative and often satirical work has earned the enmity of the Spanish government as well as the Catholic Church, who hold tremendous power as the Inquisition rages. Surprisingly, Brother Lorenzo (Javier Bardem), ... Full Synopsis
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There is so little emotionally or intellectually at stake in most popular entertainment that Goya's Ghosts, Milos Forman's challenging, compelling and wildly uneven film, shoots like a cannonball into the solar plexus. I can't remember when I've been so physically and mentally shattered. Full Review
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Featured Cast
Lorenzo
Ines, Inés
Francisco Goya
King Carlos IV, The King
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Natalie Portman in "Goya's Ghosts"
Natalie Portman arrives for the premiere of director Milos Forman's new film, "Goya's Ghosts," in...
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