Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Modigliani, a Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a young and beautiful Catholic girl. The couple has an illegitimate child, and Jeanne's bigoted parents send the baby to a faraway convent to be raised by nuns.
7.0
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208 votes
“His passion was life. His obsession was art.”

Modigliani (trailer)
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Melvin Purvis G-Man
1975