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The True Story of Tamara De Lempicka & The Art of Survival

© 2024 TAMARA DE LEMPICKA ESTATE, LLC ADAGP, PARIS ARS, NY

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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.

 

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Director

Julie Rubio

Featuring

Eden Espinosa, Matt Gould, Victoria De Lempicka

Credits
Country of Origin

USA

Year

2024

Language

English

19+
96 min

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Friday May 30

2:30 pm
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Saturday May 31

3:00 pm
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Wednesday June 11

4:10 pm
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Friday June 13

4:00 pm
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Credits

Producer

Julie Rubio, Svetlana Cvetko, Amy Harrison

Screenwriter

Julie Rubio, Amy Harrison

Cinematography

Svetlana Cvetko

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