Goya's Ghosts (2006)

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Goya's Ghosts is a 2006 Spanish/American film directed by Miloš Forman, and written by Forman and Jean-Claude Carrière. The film stars Javier Bardem, Stellan Skarsgård and Natalie Portman.

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Plot: In 1792, Spain reels amid the turmoil and upheaval of the French Revolution. Francisco Goya (Stellan Skarsgård) is a renowned painter, who, among others, does portraits for the royal family as the Official Court Painter to the King and Queen. The Spanish Inquisition is disturbed by part of Goya's work. Brother Lorenzo (Javier Bardem) is hiring Goya to paint a portrait and defends him, saying that his works are not evil, they just show evil. He recommends the Church step up the fight against anti-Catholic practices. He requests and is put in charge of intensifying the Inquisition. When posing in Goya's studio, Lorenzo asks Goya about a young model he uses, Ines (Natalie Portman), daughter of a rich merchant, Tomas Bilbatua (Jose Luis Gomez). Inés is spotted by Inquisition spies (trained by Lorenzo) declining a dish of pork in a tavern. The Holy Office of the Inquisition orders Inés to come to the Office. There she is arrested and accused of "judaizing", i.e. spreading Jewish rituals, because she did not eat pork the other evening. She is stripped naked and tortured by strappado ("put to The Question"), confesses, and is imprisoned. Tomas begs Goya for help, who in turn asks Lorenzo to find out about Ines' situation. Lorenzo visits Ines in prison telling her that he is about to help her. He offers to pray with her but instead seduces her.

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At a dinner in Tomas' home, where he and Goya are guests, Lorenzo defends "The Question": he argues that if the accused is really innocent, God will give him or her the strength to deny guilt, so a person who confesses must be guilty. Tomas does not agree: he argues that people will confess to anything under torture, and Goya agrees. To prove this Tomas draws up a statement which says that Lorenzo confesses to being a monkey, and, with the help of his sons, does not let Lorenzo leave unless he agrees to sign it. Goya pleads for Lorenzo without success; Goya is allowed to leave and does. They torture Lorenzo and he signs. Tomas promises to destroy the document after Ines is released. He gives Lorenzo a large amount of gold for the Church, hoping it will persuade the Holy Office to consider leniency. Lorenzo pleads for Ines, but the Inquisitor General Father Gregorio, while accepting the money, refuses, since Ines has confessed. Lorenzo again visits Ines in prison and, offering to pray with her, seduces her again. Tomás brings the document to the king, Carlos IV (Randy Quaid). Lorenzo is now an embarrassment to the Spanish Church and is banished. He flees. Lorenzo's portrait is confiscated by the Church, and is set on fire in public. Fifteen years pass, and Goya is at the height of his creativity, but he has become deaf. The French army under Napoleon invades Spain, abolishes the Inquisition and sets the prisoners free. Lorenzo becomes Napoleon's chief prosecutor against his former Spanish allies.

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