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Lautrec (1998)

126 min · Biography

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Directors

Roger Planchon

Cast

Régis Royer, Elsa Zylberstein, Anémone, Claude Rich, Micha Lescot, Claire Borotra

In Montmartre, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec devotes himself to painting and keeps company with prostitutes in an effort to forget his deformity.

The story

This biographical film traces the life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a painter and lithographer described as the father of the modern poster. During his Montmartre period, high society frequents cabarets and brothels while the young Toulouse-Lautrec devotes himself to painting and keeps company with prostitutes in order to forget his deformity.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

This biographical film traces the life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, painter, lithographer, and father of the modern poster. During the Montmartre period, at the end of the [century not specified in the source], while high society indulges in the cabarets and brothels, the young Toulouse-Lautrec devotes himself to painting and keeps company with prostitutes in order to forget his deformity.

Genres

Biography

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