Director: Milos Forman
Co-stars: Javier Bardem, Stellan Skarsgård, Randy Quaid...
US Release Date: ?
Filming: from September 5th until December 7th of 2005
in Madrid, Salamanca, Toledo and Cuenca province in
Spain.
Natalie's Characters: Goya's muse Ines & her teenage
daughter Alicia.
Plot Summary: Spain 1792 - the Catholic Church is at the
height of its powers. The revolution has sent
neighbouring France into turmoil and the Spanish church
decides to restore order by bringing back the dreaded
Inquisition. Spearheading this movement is the enigmatic
and cunning priest Lorenzo, a man who seeks power above
all. Lorenzo's friend is Francisco Goya, Spain's most
famous artist and portraitist to kings and queens. When
his beautiful model Ines is unjustly imprisoned and
tortured by the Iquisition their friendship is put to a
test as Goya begs Lorenzo to spare the poor girl's life...
Notes: "There's tonnes of stuff I'll have to learn for
the film", she explains excitedly, "About Catholicism,
about Spain, about painting, about art history and the
history of the church in Spain. I'll also have to learn
how to play the piano and conduct. I'll get to do stuff
which is really challenging which is great, but it has
to be like that because if I'm not obsessed with my work
I'll get obsessed with something else." (Time Out - June
2005).
