Final Portrait (Drama, Biography)

In 1964, the American biographer James Lord (Armie Hammer) travelled to Paris to meet with Alberto Giacometti, the famous Swiss artist and sculptor, to do a series of interviews for the biography that he was writing of the artist’s life. In Final Portrait film-maker Stanley Tucci captures the weeks and months that followed.

During the initial interview, Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush) asks Lord if he will sit for a portrait because he has such an interesting face. Lord, who is flattered by the request, agrees.

What is meant to take just a few days turns into weeks, and Lord belatedly realises that he has signed on as captive audience as well as subject.

As the portrait ebbs and flows, an offbeat friendship is born. The film shines a light on whether the gift of genius is a blessing or a curse.