The Artist and the Model

{{Infobox film

| name = The Artist and the Model

| image = The Artist and the Model poster (US Theatrical).jpg

| alt =

| caption = promotional poster

| director = Fernando Trueba

| producer = Angélica Huete

| writer = Fernando Trueba
Jean-Claude Carrière

| starring = Jean Rochefort
Aida Folch

| music =

| cinematography = Daniel Vilar

| editing = Marta Velasco

| studio = Fernando Trueba P.C.
Bonne Pioche

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|df=y|2012|09|23|2012 SSIFF|2013|8|2|United States}}

| runtime = 104 minutes

| country = Spain

| language = French

| budget =

| gross = $1,492,780 {{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1990217/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=

The Artist and the Model (2012)|website=Box Office Mojo}}

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The Artist and the Model (French: L'artiste et son modèle, Spanish: El artista y la modelo) is a 2012 French-language Spanish drama film directed by Fernando Trueba and written by Trueba and Jean-Claude Carrière.{{Cite web |date=2013-03-13 |title=« l'Artiste et son modèle », pour l'amour de Maillol et Picasso |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/cinema/20130313.CIN4805/l-artiste-et-son-modele-pour-l-amour-de-maillol-et-picasso.html |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=L'Obs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909170441/https://www.nouvelobs.com/cinema/20130313.CIN4805/l-artiste-et-son-modele-pour-l-amour-de-maillol-et-picasso.html |archive-date=2020-09-09 |language=fr}} In 2012, Fernando Trueba was nominated for the Golden Shell and won the Silver Shell for Best Director at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. The year after, the film was nominated for 13 categories in the 27th Goya Awards, including Best Film and Best Director.

Plot

In the summer of 1943 in occupied France, a famous sculptor, tired of life, finds a desire to return to work with the arrival of a young Spanish woman who has escaped from a refugee camp and becomes his muse.

Cast

Jean Rochefort as Marc Cros
Aida Folch as Mercè
Claudia Cardinale as Léa
Götz Otto as Werner
Chus Lampreave as María
Christian Sinniger as Émile
Martin Gamet as Pierre
Mateo Deluz as Henri

Reception

=Critical response=

The Artist and the Model has an approval rating of 70% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 44 reviews, and an average rating of 6.4/10. {{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/el_artista_y_la_modelo_2013 | title=The Artist and the Model | website=Rotten Tomatoes }} Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-artist-and-the-model?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c | title=The Artist and the Model | website=Metacritic }}