Armie Hammer has been making the most of his Euro trip movie roles. Of course, he spent nearly all of last year basking in the warmth of the Italy set, Oscar contending “Call Me By Your Name.” Now the actor plays a handsome American in Paris in the upcoming “Final Portrait.”
Written and directed by Stanley Tucci, and co-starring Geoffrey Rush, Clémence Poésy, Tony Shalhoub and Sylvie Testud, the film tells the true story of the relationship between James Lord and the painter Alberto Giacometti. Here’s the official synopsis:
FINAL PORTRAIT is the story of the touching and offbeat friendship between American writer and art-lover James Lord and Alberto Giacometti, as seen through Lord’s eyes and revealing unique insight into the beauty, frustration, profundity and sometimes the chaos of the artistic process. Set in 1964, while on a short trip to Paris, Lord is asked by his friend, Giacometti, to sit for a portrait. The process, promises Giacometti, will take only a few days and so Lord agrees —ultimately wondering “how much longer can it go on like this?”
We called the film “a charming, modest glimpse into a rarefied world,” and it’s worth seeking out. “Final Portrait” opens on March 23rd.
