The Price of Desire (2015)
Overview
Irish architect and furniture designer Eileen Gray (1878–1976) was a leading light in the modern design movement. This graceful portrayal of her later life and work in France focuses on the triangle of tension between Gray (Orla Brady), her lover Badovici (Francesco Scianna) and Le Corbusier (Vincent Perez). Alanis Morrissette also features as chanteuse Marisa Damia, Gray’s other lover, with Dominique Pinon (Delicatessen, Amélie) as artist Fernand Léger.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.92 |
Directed By
Mary McGuckian
Crew
Mary McGuckian
Mary McGuckian
Simon Moseley
David Claikens
Katie Heidy
Gil Kenny
Matthew J. Malek
Mary McGuckian
Simon Moseley
Jean-Jacques Neira
Gastón Pavlovich
Keith Potter
Hubert Toint
Alex Verbaere
William L. Walton
Stefan von Bjorn
Mary McGuckian
John O'Connor
Robert O'Connor
Kant Pan
Fabien Boitiere
Corinne Renard-Bendjadi
Emma Pucci
Philippe Prat
Peter O'Brien
Virginie Berland
Stella Bertiglia
Oriane De Neve
Lélia Delval
Carl Cullen
Michelle Cunniffe
Caoimhe Doyle
Miloš Drobnjaković
Fiadhnait McCann
Brian Byrne
TOP CAST
Orla Brady
Eileen Gray
Vincent Perez
Le Corbusier
Francesco Scianna
Jean Badovici
Alanis Morissette
Marisa Damia
Dominique Pinon
Fernand Leger
Tamara Vučković
Louise Dany
Elsa Zylberstein
Romaine Brooks
Anne Lambton
Marie Louise Schelbert
David Herlihy
Aristotle Onassis
Caitríona Balfe
Gabrielle Bloch
Adriana Randall
Charlotte Perriand
Natasha Girardi
Natalie Barney
Cherise Silvestri
Evelyn Wild
Marcos Adamantiadis
Gustave Miklos
Hayet Belhalloufi
Mireille Roupest
Ronald Beurms
Jean Paul Rayon
Arnaud Bronsart
Marcel Proust
Pascaline Crêvecoeur
Berenice Abbott
Edwin Gillet
Guillaume Apollinaire
Tan Win
Seizo Sugawara
François Zachary
Archipenko
Sammy Leslie
Gertrude Stein
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