if you know anything about art or artist you would not like this film . to paraphrase the late barry take represent there be thousand of film make and cater for all taste and but most of them be for those who have absolutely no taste at all and this be one of them . it be avowedly base on character not event and most of the latter be invent represent the film be after all a drama and not a documentary represent the paucity of fact be acceptable and it be the lack of truth which be make this film so shallow . the character be modigliani and his contemporary and most notably picasso . with a few exception and the acting be wooden where it be not mechanical ( andy garcia ) while the exception include louis hilyer a zborowski and jim carter a achille hébuterne and michelle newell a eudoxie hébuterne and hippolyte girardot a uttrillo and who all try to convince . the rest be simply not believable a the artist they be impersonate represent mostly even they themselves give every impression of not believe in what they be do . andy garcia be too fat for the role of modigliani and who at the end of his life be waste by excess ( e. g. alcohol ) and illness and living in squalor on a diet of brandy and tin sardine . omid djalili a picasso be even fatter . elsa zylberstein be just wet a jeanne . the scene of the artist paint be pure vaudeville most of them seemingly get more paint on themselves than on the canvas while this be not a total loss however since the paint look decidedly well on them than on the finish painting and which be dross . the picture of jeanne which modi ( his nickname and a pun on amaudit ) paint at the end be unbelievably bad and an insult to an artist who have pretension to greatness represent this be partly what i mean about lack of truth . this be a film purporting to be about artist and make by someone who clearly know nothing about art .