Francisco de Goya « La Lettre, la Flèche et le Balai »

1992

29m

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Overview

Why have these two paintings, The Young Women and The Old Women, always been presented together? Historical investigation does not provide an answer. Alain Jaubert then sets out to follow the trail, patiently gathering clues: both paintings depict a lady and her servant. But while in The Young Women a “maja” is shown in a street scene that seems to belong to the European literary tradition, in The Old Women, Goya portrays an aging coquette and her servant, rendered as caricatures. The diamond arrow worn by the coquette is a clue that helps interpret these two paintings... As this “audiovisual autopsy” unfolds, the works come together to form a kind of fable about destiny—both that of Spain, devastated by the Napoleonic wars, and that of the painter himself, aged and disillusioned, who finds renewed energy in a new love.

Status: Released

Language: FR

Production Information

Production Companies

Palette Productions

Production Countries

France

Spoken Languages

French

Quick Facts

Release Date	January 1, 1992
Status	Released
Language	FR

Cast

Key Crew

Alain Jaubert

Director

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