Review of Goya's Ghosts (2006) by Fred W — 15 Apr 2008
PLOT SPOILER: Spain 1792. Spanish Inquisition is powerful. Girl (Ines), model for artist Goya, is accused of being Jewish, confesses under torture, and is jailed. A priest (Lorenzo) tries to help her but later rapes her.
Her parents subject him to same torture as her, and he realizes it causes false confessions and is wrong. He confronts church and is banished. About 20 years later, he returns as a changed man with Napoleon's French troops and arrests Inquistion participants.
Inquisition prisioners including Ines are freed. Ines is half crazy, finds Goya (now deaf), and asks for help to find her daughter from rape. Daughter (Alicia) is found and is a prostitute. Lorenzo shows he is still morally corrupt because of things he does to keep Ines from being discovered.
Just Goya/Ines find Alicia, Wellington's English Army drives out French. In chaos, Ines finds Alicia's (possible) infant and is overjoyed. Inquisition is restored, and Lorenzo is sentenced to public execution after refusing to repent.
Ines is so crazy she happily shows Lorenzo "their" daughter just before execution, and they walk as a "family" her holding his hand as he is carted away dead. REVIEW: Excellent.
This review of Goya's Ghosts (2006) was written by Fred W on 15 Apr 2008.
Goya's Ghosts has generally received positive reviews.
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