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 Skarsg rd) 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), a monk involved in the Inquisition, has hired Goya to paint a portrait of himself, and to prove to the Inquisitor General (Michel Lonsdale) he's not in cahoots with the renegade artist, Lorenzo targets In s (Natalie Portman), one of Goya's favorite models, as a possible heretic. Under torture from Lorenzo, In s signs a false confession, and her wealthy and powerful father, Tom s Bilbat a (Jos Luis G mez), offers Lorenzo a taste of his own medicine by brow-beating him into signing a docu
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Posted: 5/1/2008
