Caprichos. If you remember, that was the name of the cycle of engravings by Goya, the fruit of his darkest fantasies.
Caprichos. If you remember, that was the name of the cycle of engravings by Goya, the fruit of his darkest fantasies. And this film about Goya is similar to «Caprichos» by the interweaving of the wills and destinies of its creators. The plot is as follows: in 1792, when the Inquisition reasserted itself, the muse and beloved portrait painter of the royal court, Francisco Goya, was accused of heresy. Goya turned to a priest friend for help. So the life lines of the main characters crossed, but that’s not all … The famous screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière worked with Luis Buñuel, who dreamed of making a film about Goya. But Buñuel died, and Carrière finished the script for Milos Forman, a Czech and American director. The famous Spanish actor Javier Bardem dreamed of playing Goya, but the role went to the Nordic Swede. If we add to this that the music for the film was written by a Balkan musician, then the picture will be … the ultimate phantasmagoria. What would the author of «Caprichos» like.
Madrid court in current politics. Foreman, director of political temperament, introduces modernity into the film: a modern attitude to power, a modern understanding of history, a new vision of faith. Here «Ghosts …» become a bit like the historical «science pops» of the BBC television company. But the author’s courage captivates.
Javier Aguirresarobe. In The Others with Nicole Kidman, this operator created darkness. Full of forebodings, dramatically cut through by rays. In Talk to Her by Pedro Almodovar, he photographed female bodies as if they were landscapes. He puts lighting on the set for six hours, bringing the lighting masters to a nervous tick, but achieving his tragic shadows. And the producers don’t mind. Because only Aguirresarobe can create a frame that can compete in expressiveness with the paintings of Goya himself.
Cast: Stellan Skarsgaard, Natalie Portman, Javier Bardem and others