Friday, May 1, 2015

Woman in Gold




Jean, This is a very interesting very well-produced movie, that is almost a factual documentary. (It is a BBC Film.) It is the story of the attempt to reclaim a famous portrait by the original owners. The painting is "Portrait of Adele" by Klimt, painted in the 1920's in Vienna. It was stolen by the Nazis and later held by the Austrian Government. The Altmann family or the last remaining member, played by Helen Mirren, starts to pursue her rights to the painting with the help of a cousin, played by Ryan Reynolds. Both do fine jobs but the trail from one court to the next, and the hurdles they have to overcome is the story. It can get a little legalistic but the clever ways they get over the legal barriers is quite interesting. (The painting was valued at $100 million while the court cases were going on and later it was sold for $135 million.) At the end you see the actual characters and the current home of the famous painting.  Dad

P.S. The previews were:

No Escape (Owen Wilson)
Mr. Holmes (Ian McKellen)
I'll See You In My Dreams
Southpaw

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