what do the director think . everybody who have read the biography of artemisia be leave impressed by her gut to face a public rape trial in renaissance time and even suffer torture in order to show that tassi be guilty . that fact show the real independence and emancipation in her most terrible hour she stand her man . why do movie depict renaissance have to be so clinically beautiful and romantic and be we afraid to see the gritty side of life or have the hollywood happy happy mood win . while i would always defend a director freedom to create his own reality in a movie i can not make sense of turn artimisia life story on it head . very disappointing choice by the maker of this film .