![]() ![]() These unrelated events become entwined and lead the sisters down darker paths.ĭegas Passion and Intellect by Thames & Hudsonīuchanan explains that during this period Zola was arguing for scientific literature – presenting a deterministic view of human life. Antoinette begins dating the sweet-talking Emile Abadie. During this time he produces the wax sculpture, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen. ![]() But, she manages to get her younger sisters, Marie and Charlotte an audition and this is where the story begins.ĭuring her time at the Paris Opera, Marie models for Degas who obsessively sketches her muscular legs and contorted, straining, emaciated body in various ballet poses. ![]() The eldest sister, Antoinette, fails at keeping her position at the Paris Opera Ballet due to her sharp tongue. However, sunk in alcoholism there are tiny touches of sensitivity which hark back to a pre-absinth time. Their mother: an absinthe drinking laundress is barely part of their lives. The van Goethem sisters live in Paris in the late 1800’s. ![]() Based on general facts, Cathy Buchanan weaves the lives of three impoverished, fatherless sisters with that of criminality and art. ![]()
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