Homer: Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man (1997)
Synopsis
Though he is near death, blind Rene, an elderly Italian-French intellectual, continues to make his annual conference abroad accompanied by his self-centered loyal, beautiful assistant Sibilla who may or may not be his lover. Rene's domineering mother strongly disapproves of Sibilla and his continual galavanting, but Rene disregards her and goes anyway. While in Spain, Sibilla falls for a handsome young toreador who also captures the interest of Rene, though it is hard to say whether his feelings for the bullfighter are fatherly or more romantic. It is also unclear as to whether Sibilla and the bullfighter are lovers either. Thus an enigmatic romantic triangle forms until Rene and Sibilla suddenly decide to wed. The character of Rene seems to be closely patterned after Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.
Release Date: 1997-05-26
Runtime: 102 minutes
Director: Fabio Carpi
Top Cast
- Claude Rich as René Kermadec
- Valéria Cavalli as Sibilla
- Grégoire Colin as Manuel Fernandez
- Renée Faure as
- Jacques Dufilho as
- Natalia Bizzi as
- José Quaglio as
- Linda Koslovich as
- Giovanni Guidelli as
- Walter Vidarte as
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Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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