Surviving Picasso
“Only his passion for women could rival his passion for painting.”
The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty and move on with her life.
Genres
Drama, Romance
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Surviving Picasso performed
Budget
$16.0M
Worldwide Gross
$2.0M
Gross Profit
−$14.0M
Return
0.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$286K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Pablo Picasso
Anthony Hopkins
Pablo Picasso
Françoise Gilot
Natascha McElhone
Françoise Gilot
Dora Maar
Julianne Moore
Dora Maar
Henri Matisse
Joss Ackland
Henri Matisse
Françoise's Grandmother
Joan Plowright
Françoise's Grandmother
Kootz
Dennis Boutsikaris
Kootz
Sabartes
Peter Eyre
Sabartes
Marcel
Peter Gerety
Marcel
Marie-Therese
Susannah Harker
Marie-Therese
Olga Picasso
Jane Lapotaire
Olga Picasso
Kahnweiler
Joseph Maher
Kahnweiler
Francoise's Father
Bob Peck
Francoise's Father
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