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Oscar. The color of destiny

2008 · 108 min History Drama
1.0 / 10 · TMDB

"Óscar. The Color of Destiny" is a revealing portrayal of a forgotten icon of French Surrealism: Spanish painter Óscar Domínguez, contemporary of Picasso. The film rediscovers the life of a talented artist who was ignored after he committed suicide, fifty years ago, victim of a serious illness which had disfigured his body: the Elephant Man's disease. The film is stirring and touching and compels admiration for the bohemian painter whose fate was self-destruction, after a wild crazy life. Lucas Fernández turns the life of a debauchee, who regarded himself a monster because of his disfiguring disease, into a universal story where art is the product of love and loneliness, of sex and violence before, during and after the Nazi invasion of Paris.

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Original Title Óscar. Una pasión surrealista
Year 2008
Country Spain
Genre History, Drama
Director Lucas Fernández
Runtime 108 min.
Rating TMDB: 1.0/10 (2 votes)

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The film constructs a portrait of the artist not through chronology, but through the escalation of inner tension, where creative fire and physical decay are two sides of the same coin. It relies on the contrast between the boisterous surrealism of Parisian life and the stark, monochrome chronicle of personal tragedy.

What lingers after viewing is a haunting admiration for the fragility of a genius consumed by his own flame. It is a stirring reminder of art born from extremity. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Lucas Fernández

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