Leonora Carrington: The Lost Surrealist

  • Rated 7.9 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2017
  • 1h 0m
  • Documentary
  • TV Movie

British surrealist Leonora Carrington was a key part of the surrealist movement during its heyday in Paris and yet, until recently, remained a virtual unknown in the country of her birth. This film explores her dramatic evolution from British debutante to artist in exile, living out her days in Mexico City, and takes us on a journey into her darkly strange and cinematic world.

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Director
Teresa Griffiths
Starring
Joanna Moorhead, Antony Penrose, Teresa Griffiths, Lizzie Wells

Cast

  • Joanna Moorhead

    Self (interviewee)

  • Antony Penrose

    Self (interviewee)

  • Teresa Griffiths

    Narrator

  • Lizzie Wells

    Young Leonora (voice)

  • Gabriel Weisz Carrington

    Gabriel Weisz Carrington

    Self (interviewee)

  • Paul Weisz Carrington

    Self (interviewee)

  • Leonora Carrington

    Leonora Carrington

    Self (archive footage/audio)

  • Tere Arcq

    Self (interviewee)

  • Elena Poniatowska

    Elena Poniatowska

    Self (interviewee)

  • Miguel S. Escobedo

    Self (interviewee)

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