Surviving Picasso (1996)
The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty and move on with her life. infidelity, france, paris, france, love triangle, pregnancy, world war ii, painter, based on true story, womanizer, mistress, older man younger woman relationship, art, physical abuse, eccentric artist, pablo picasso, painter as artist, spanish painter, málaga, spain, cubism, based on real person, famous painter