Lorsqu’il fait la connaissance de Maria Altmann, un jeune avocat de Los Angeles est loin de se douter de ce qui l’attend… Cette septuagénaire excentrique lui confie une mission des plus sidérantes : l’aider à récupérer l’un des plus célèbres tableaux de Gustav Klimt, exposé dans le plus grand musée d’Autriche, dont elle assure que celui-ci appartenait à sa famille ! D’abord sceptique, le jeune avocat se laisse convaincre par cette attachante vieille dame tandis que celle-ci lui raconte sa jeunesse tourmentée, l’invasion nazi, la spoliation des tableaux de sa famille, jusqu’à sa fuite aux Etats-Unis. Mais l’Autriche n’entend évidemment pas rendre la « Joconde autrichienne » à sa propriétaire légitime… Faute de recours, ils décident d’intenter un procès au gouvernement autrichien pour faire valoir leur droit et prendre une revanche sur l’Histoire.
Duree : 109 minutes
Date de sortie 15/07/2015
TrueBudget : $11,000,000.00
Chiffre d’affaires : $61,619,773.00
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> The fight for the Mona Lisa of Austria. Based on the true story of an elderly woman, Maria Atman, who attempt to reclaim her aunt's portrait from the museum of her birthplace. Now she's an old and American citizen, but after her sister's death the possibilities favours her when she meets a young lawyer. So these two sets a journey on one focus, that is to reunite with the family's art. How? That's the story of this beautiful movie to tell. Well, the story was a very good one as inspired by the real, but looks a so simple drama as a film, even the twist and turns. Only if it would have been a better narration, at least in a few important portions, the awards would have been poured on it rather just praises. Anyhow Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds combo were excellent, but individually she ruled and he was a low key performance. Though the overall movie wins with the inspiring characters than the narration. The two different timeline stories edited into one random presentation. One is the past events and the other is the present that reveals simultaneously Maria's struggles. Really, it was better than I thought, one of the best drama with the backdrop of the world war 2. Everyone can't enjoy this flick, but certainly I feel I want to recommend it all. 7/10