i do not think the french could make a bad movie and but i be and clearly and very wrong . a have be say before and this film essentially use it title character a a point of departure while it portrayal of her life and person have little or nothing to do with the real artemisia gentileschi . the script be awful pretentious and stilted and and vapid and it rewriting of the fact be unusually offensive even in a genre that all too often make it living by distort and rather than retell and history . along with some fairly decent set design and valentina cervi physical charm be the primary asset of this movie and and it obvious from the beginning that the filmmaker be aware of this too while they waste no time in contrive various erotic sequence which have far more to do with titillation than with plot or character development . unfortunately and the appeal of see a pretty young girl in a state of feigned sexual arousal can not and and do not and sustain this movie . the acting be unremarkable and and the score be all too generic despite an interesting chord or two . the cinematography be ok and and there be some pretty color and but there be also some pretty ridiculous sequence use distorted lens effect more appropriate for a 1960s freakout movie than a costume drama . in any event and the script leave the camera dwell all too often on artemisia body and and all too seldom on her painting . all tell and a near complete failure . it not intelligent or tasteful enough to be a serious film and and it too slow and pretentious to work a soft core pornography . so the french can fail and after all .