This intriguing psychodrama is an attempt to bring to life the various forces that motivated French Romantic painter Theodore Gericault. The result is both startling and satisfying.
Gericault (Miguel Bose) is a young painter obsessed with horses. He is thrilled to meet Franconi (Bartabas, also MAZEPPA's writer and director), the Master of the Olympic Circus and premiere horse trainer of all France, who offers him an opportunity to live with the circus company.
Gericault is plunged into a bizarre world of eccentric outcasts. Although this offers him ample opportunity to sketch and paint from life, Franconi constantly challenges and humiliates him, even mak...
Released:
1993
Rated:
NR
Length:
111 mins