| The Artist and the Model | |
| Director: | Fernando Trueba |
| Producer: | Angélica Huete |
| Starring: | Jean Rochefort Aida Folch |
| Cinematography: | Daniel Vilar |
| Editing: | Marta Velasco |
| Studio: | Fernando Trueba P.C. Bonne Pioche |
| Runtime: | 104 minutes |
| Country: | Spain |
| Language: | French |
| Gross: | $1,492,780 [1] |
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.[2] 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.
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.
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. [3] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[4]
| Category | Nominee | Result | ||
| 2012 San Sebastián International Film Festival | Golden Seashell | Fernando Trueba | ||
| Silver Shell for Best Director | Fernando Trueba | |||
| 27th Goya Awards | Best Film | Fernando Trueba | ||
| Best Director | Fernando Trueba | |||
| Best Actor | Jean Rochefort | |||
| Best Actress | Aida Folch | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Chus Lampreave | |||
| Best Original Screenplay | Fernando Trueba and Jean-Claude Carrière | |||
| Best Cinematography | Daniel Vilar | |||
| Best Editing | Marta Velasco | |||
| Best Art Direction | Pilar Revuelta | |||
| Best Production Supervision | Angélica Huete | |||
| Best Sound | Pierre Gamet, Nacho Royo-Villanova and Eduardo García Castro | |||
| Best Costume Design | Lola Huete | |||
| Best Makeup and Hairstyles | Sylvie Imbert and Noé Montés |