TV Guide: Goya's Ghosts

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Starz — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:45:33 -0500

Synopsis: Director Milos Forman (Amadeus) spins a tale of palace intrigue, the Spanish Inquisition, class revolution, Napoleon and celebrated artist Francisco Goya in this impressively mounted epic. With Stellan Skarsgard.

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Trailer Addict — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:29:54 -0500

Spain 1792 - the Catholic Church is at the height of its powers. The revolution has sent neighbouring France into turmoil and the Spanish church decides to restore order by bringing back the dreaded Inquisition. Spearheading this movement is the enigmatic and cunning priest Lorenzo, a man who seeks power above all. Lorenzo's friend is Francisco Goya, Spain's most famous artist and portraitist to kings and queens. When his beautiful model Ines is unjustly imprisoned and tortured by the Inquisition their friendship is put to a test as Goya begs Lorenzo to spare the poor girl's life. With the torture-ravaged Ines' life in his hands, he rapes her and leaves her to rot in hidden dungeons. Almost two decades later, just before the French armies invade Spain, Goya is a different man. Having lost his hearing entirely, he has become a dark, disturbed man, almost a ghost of himself. But it is now that he has entered his most famous creative period. Lorenzo, having been banished by the Spanish ch

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CinemaNow — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:35:08 -0500

Academy Award nominees Natalie Portman and Javier Bardem star in two-time Academy Award winning director Milos Forman s thrilling new romantic drama!

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Amazon Video on Demand — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:55:02 -0500

Academy Award nominees Natalie Portman and Javier Bardem star in two-time Academy Award winning director Milos Forman's thrilling new romantic drama! Goya's Ghosts is a sweeping historical epic, told through the eyes of celebrated Spanish painter Francisco Goya (Skarsgard). Set against the backdrop of political turmoil at the end of the Spanish Inquisition and start of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon's army, the film captures the essence and beauty of Goya's work which is best known for both the colorful depictions of the royal court and its people, and his grim depictions of the brutality of war and life in 18th century Spain. When Goya's beautiful muse (Portman) is accused of being a heretic, renowned painter Francisco Goya (Skarsgard) must convince his old friend Lorenzo (Bardem), a power-hungry monk and leader of the Spanish Inquisition, to spare her life.

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Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:37:38 -0500