Óscar. Una pasión surrealista (2008)
Año de lanzamiento: 2008
Nación: Spain
Alternative Title: Óscar - El color del destino, Oscar: The Color of Destiny
Director: Lucas Fernández
Writer: Eduardo del Llano, Lucas Fernández
Producción & Género
Historia
"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.
Resumen
"Óscar. The Color of Destiny" illuminates the tragic tale of Óscar Domínguez, a Spanish surrealist painter contemporaneous with Picasso, who was cruelly overlooked after his suicide fifty years ago. Disfigured by Proteus syndrome, the 'Elephant Man's disease,' Domínguez saw himself as a monster, yet his art reflected profound beauty. Lucas Fernández's film is a poignant exploration of Domínguez's wild life and untimely death, presenting art as a product of love, loneliness, passion, and violence, set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Paris.
