If Art Deco had a face, it was surely Tamara De Lempicka, giving us the side-eye at the wheel of a green Bugati in her famous self-portrait. The work was commissioned for the cover of a German magazine, Die Dame, which claimed her as “a symbol of women’s liberation” several decades before that became a slogan. Julie Rubio’s documentary traces her tumultuous life and times: born to a wealthy Jewish family in Poland, she married a Russian aristocrat who lost everything in the Revolution. They fled to Paris, where Tamara made a name for herself as an artist and as a hedonist. But the rise of fascism meant more upheaval and a move to the USA.
Rubio’s landmark doc teases out the truths behind the myths and sheds light on De Lempicka’s art.
Partner
Julie Rubio
Eden Espinosa, Matt Gould, Victoria De Lempicka
USA
2024
English
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Producer
Julie Rubio, Svetlana Cvetko, Amy Harrison
Screenwriter
Julie Rubio, Amy Harrison
Cinematography
Svetlana Cvetko
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