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Moviola > Films > Goya's Ghosts
Goya's Ghosts (15) 114 mins"Tell me what the truth is..." Goya's Ghosts is a visually stunning historical epic, told through the eyes of the great Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Set against a backdrop of political turmoil at the start of Napoleon's invasion of Spain, the film captures the essence and beauty of Goya's work - both his elegant portraits of the royal court and its people, and his grim depictions of the brutality of war. Goya (Stellan Skarsgård) becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition when his muse Ines (Natalie Portman), is accused of heresy and arrested by the church for being a Jew. Her father, Thomas, comes to him hoping that his connection with Brother Lorenzo (Javier Bardem), whom he is painting, can secure the release of his daughter.
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"Amadeus director Milos Forman plunders the annals of European history again in Goya's Ghosts, which spans Spanish sagas from the Inquisition to Napoleon's invasion and consequent defeat by the British. But what of Goya himself? Rendering this period in stunning historical detail and with the sterling cast of Natalie Portman, Javier Bardem and Stellan Skarsgård, this apparent biopic turns out to be a mostly engaging, yet bumpy ride through torrid historical times." BBCi Films