Goya's Ghosts Today

Desperate for help, Inés's wealthy merchant father turns to Goya, who uses his connection with Brother Lorenzo, a high-ranking Inquisitor whose portrait he is painting. During a dinner at the Bilbatúa home, the father subjects Lorenzo to the same torture to demonstrate that anyone will confess to anything under enough pain. Though Lorenzo promises to help, he instead visits Inés in prison, rapes her, and she remains incarcerated for decades. The Shifting Tides of Power

Fifteen years later, in 1808, the Napoleonic army invades Spain and abolishes the Inquisition. Inés is finally released from prison, but the years of abuse and isolation have left her mentally broken and emaciated. Goya's Ghosts

The story of the 2006 film is a fictional historical drama that follows the famous Spanish painter Francisco Goya as a witness to the shifting political and religious tides in Spain between 1792 and 1809. While Goya is the central figure, the plot focuses largely on the tragic intertwining lives of his young muse, Inés, and an influential monk, Brother Lorenzo. The Accusation and Imprisonment Desperate for help, Inés's wealthy merchant father turns