TOP 10 best films about art

There are a lot of themes for film adaptations, but art is the most fruitful topic for cinema. After all, cinema is also an art. And a lot of fantasies. It can be music, painting or acting. Let's look at the most fascinating films about art.

Frida

• Year of release to the screen: 2002
• Country: Mexico; USA; Canada
• Cast: Valeria Golino. Salma Hayek, Jeffrey Rush, Diego Luno, Antonio Banderas, Alfred Molina, Saffron Burroughs, Ashley Judd, Edward Norton, Patricia Reyes Spindola, Diego Luna

“Frida” is a wonderful film about how art can return to a full life. The main character, 18-year-old Frida, was in a car accident, after which she remained disabled. Recovery is very painful and takes a long time. Frida's father brought her canvas so she could draw. At first, the girl created pictures, lying on a hospital bed, while remaining completely motionless. But the desire to draw lifted the girl from the bed and made her move and live on.

Modigliani

• Year of release to the screen: 2004
• Country: Romania, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain
• Cast: Omid Jalili, Andy Garcia, Luis Hiler, Udo Kir, Elsa Zilberstein, Hippolyte Girardeau, Suzy Amy, Eva Herzigova, Peter Capraldi, Stephen Ricus

The events of the film "Modigliani" take place in 1919. The war had just ended, and Paris began to live its peaceful life. At night, the city was immersed in passion and the cycle of uncontrolled desires. And in the clouds of these events unfolds the history of fierce rivalry of the most famous people of the world - Picasso and Modigliani. Also in the film we are talking about great tragic love.

“Rewriting Beethoven”

• Year of release to the screen: 2006
• Country: Hungary, Germany, USA
• Cast: Ralph Reich, Al Harris, Matilock Gibbs, Victoria Dihen, Diane Krueger, Phyllida Law, Angus Barnett, Bill Stewart

The authors of the film “Transcribing Beethoven” boldly reveal some episodes from the life of the famous Beethoven. His life was full of contradictions: on the one hand, it was stormy fun, and on the other hand, the tragedy of his entire talented existence.

August Rush

• Year of release to the screen: 2007
• Country: USA
• Cast: Keri Russell, Freddy Highmore, Terrence Howard, Robin Williams, Marianne Seldens, Aron Staton, Makediti Wilmson

“August Rush” is a wonderful film in which there is a narration of talented musicians. About their life, work and love. Many people in the world have to sacrifice for their beloved cause. What do these victims lead to? And what is more important - love of art or love of man?

"Yellow House"

• Year of release to the screen: 2007
• Country: United Kingdom
• Cast: Deborah Findlay, Kevin Eldon, John Lynch, Simon Findlay, Claud Russell, Sarah Smart, Scott Handy, John Simm

“The Yellow House” is a wonderful film about the two most famous neighbors in the world, Van Gogh and Gauguin. In 1888, for almost two months, these famous personalities lived side by side in the "yellow house". They left the worldly bustle, from families and loved ones and completely immersed themselves in art. But whether two geniuses could get along together under one roof, you will find out by watching this wonderful film.

“Van Gogh: A portrait painted in words”

• Year of release to the screen: 2010
• Country: United Kingdom
• Cast: Aidan McArdle, Benedict Cumberbatch, Christopher Goode, Daniel Weiman, Jamie Parker, David Baron, Caterina Canter, Roana Cooper, Ferdinand Kingsley

Van Gogh: A Portrait Written in Words is a film about the life of Van Gogh, the most famous artist of all time. But in the life of the illustrious master there were times when he could not make ends meet and starved. But in 1990, his paintings are sold for a lot of money.

"Mirrors"

• Year of release to the screen: 2013
• Country Russia
• Cast: Victoria Isakova, Evgeny Knyazev, Natalya Kulikova, Alexandra Mashkova, Roman Polyansky, Vladimir Sychev, Ivan Sukhanov, Victor Dobronravov, Igor Pismenny

The plot of the film takes place in different countries. In those distant years, before the revolution, young Tsvetaeva met a young gymnasium student. Only she knows that they will carry their love through the years of her life. This film is a reflection of the fate of the great woman poetess and her relationship with her beloved men.

"Diary of his wife"

• Year on screen: 2000
• Country Russia
• Cast: Olga Budina, Andrey Smirnov, Tatyana Moskvina, Galina Tyunina, Evgeny Mironov, Sergey Zamorev, Elena Morozova, Tatyana Moskvina, Anna Zagrebna, Dani Kogan, Sergey Vinogradov

“The Diary of His Wife” is a biographical film about the life of the famous Russian writer I. Bunin. The man’s love story drives him to madness. The writer, having a family, is passionately fond of another woman, which served as the idea for creating an intricate plot of the film. The smart and judicious wife of Bunin will be able to save the family, but sincere feelings for the young poetess do not leave Ivan. The personal diary of the writer’s wife makes the viewer worry about the characters of the film.

"Lilac Branch"

• Year of release to the screen: 2007
• Country: Luxembourg, Russia
• Cast: Victoria Tolstoganova, Igor Chernevich, Evgeny Tsyganov, Alexey Kortnev, Miriam Sekhon, Evdokia Germanova, Leah Akhidzhakova, Victoria Isakova, Oleg Andreev, Alexey Petrenko

“Lilac Branch” is a wonderful film with notes of fantasy about some mysterious moments in the life of the famous Russian musician Rachmaninov. There is a legend that on tour the musician after the performance was presented with a branch of white lilac. During concert performances abroad, Rachmaninoff was exhausted and was already on the verge of collapse. And here again a wonderful branch of a white lilac ...

Anonymous

• Year of release to the screen: 2011
• Country: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
• Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Rhys Evans, David Thewlis, Campbell Bower, Sebastian Armesto, Edward Hogg, Jamie Campbell, Sam Reed, Zavier Samuel, Joely Richardson, Rafe Spall

“Anonymous” is a film with several intertwined storylines, where the main one is the flowering of theatrical art. But the main line of the film was the life of a person - the legend of Shakespeare.

Today we presented a small list of films about art, watching which you will get a real aesthetic pleasure.