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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 15

Cast Stellan Skarsgard Javier Bardem Natalie Portman Randy Quaid

Directors Milos Forman

Screenwriters Milos Forman Jean-Claude Carriere

Running Time 114 minutes

Goya's Ghosts (15)

Plot
Spain, 1792. Artist Francisco Goya (Skarsgård) is drawn into a dispute when Inquisitor Brother Lorenzo (Bardem) refuses to help Inés (Portman), an innocent accused of heresy. Years later, Inés asks Goya to find her lost child...

Verdict
This is a set of footnotes rather than a fully achieved film — but it’s so packed with tidbits of interest it can’t fail to be intermittently diverting.


Reviewer: Kim Newman

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