Johnny Depp's bohemian fantasy starts at full throttle, with the artist Amelio Modigliani (Riccardo Scamarcio) breaking up the Café Dome, then exiting on a trolley straight through their stained glass window,

The choice to recruit Depp came from Al Pacino, who believed 'he has the sensibility and sensitivity of an artist' necessary to tell Modi's story.

Johnny Depp has had, it’s fair to say, a rocky few years in Hollywood. After a public divorce and subsequent defamation trial involving ex-wife Amber Heard — claims of domestic violence and extensive abuse erupting from both parties — he is dipping a toe back in the film waters with Modi — Three Days on

Johnny Depp received an enthusiastic welcome this afternoon as he returned to Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival, where he will debut his latest directorial effort, Modi – Three Days On The Wing Of Madness.

Celebrated in time for his distinctively lanky, almond-eyed interpretations of the human form, the Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani died in 1920 at the age of just 35, tubercular and destitute and celebrated for very little indeed.

Johnny Depp hasn't taken a directorial credit on a feature film (his 50-minute music video "Unloveable" doesn't count) since he presented The Brave in Cannes in 1997, and that did not go well. Given that unhappy experience,

Johnny Depp's new movie as a director 'Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness' premieres at Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival on Sept. 24