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  • 2020
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  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2020
  • Transformer
  • 1 h 48 m

Summary The Price of Desire tells the controversial story of how Le Corbusier effaced and defaced Eileen Gray's moral right to be recognized as the author of her work and as one of the most forceful and influential inspirations of a century of modern architecture and design.

Directed By: Mary McGuckian

Written By: Mary McGuckian

  • 2020
  • Transformer
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2020
  • Transformer
  • 1 h 48 m

The Price of Desire

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary The Price of Desire tells the controversial story of how Le Corbusier effaced and defaced Eileen Gray's moral right to be recognized as the author of her work and as one of the most forceful and influential inspirations of a century of modern architecture and design.

Directed By: Mary McGuckian

Written By: Mary McGuckian

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Jun 5, 2020
A well-meaning, but dramatically inert biopic.
By Donald Clarke FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 5, 2020
Somehow the tacky piano score amplifies the ineptitude of Mary McGuckian’s direction, but even so one can’t fail to be impressed by a scene where Brady’s Gray literally dances about architecture, proving that it really is possible.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW
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Jun 2, 2020
I came to McGuckian’s film knowing nothing about Gray and left feeling frustrated that I hadn’t learned more about her, apart from the boorish chauvinists in her life.
By Matt Fagerholm FULL REVIEW
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May 22, 2020
The Price of Desire is an indulgent, gauzy dream from memory, of Gray swanning around white rooms in white dresses uttering profundities in English and French — with white subtitles. It’s as visually inane, austere and pretentious as its dialogue.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
30
Jun 5, 2020
The performances here are bloodless, the pacing listless, the dialogue witless almost to the point of deadpan parody.
By Stephen Dalton FULL REVIEW
30
Jun 2, 2020
It’s filled with risible dialogue, a visual style more suited to a Côte d’Azur fashion video (the slow motion, the tasteful, slightly obscured sex scenes), and plastered with an undistinguished score by Brian Byrne (“Albert Nobbs”).
By Alissa Simon FULL REVIEW

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Production Company EG Film Productions, Fábrica de Cine, Liberty Liquid Films, Lightstream Entertainment, Rush River Entertainment, Saga Film, Windmill Lane Pictures
Release Date Jun 2, 2020
Duration 1 h 48 m
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Website http://www.thepriceofdesiremovie.com/
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Irish Film and Television Awards
• 1 Nomination

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