Miller drawsparallels to creativegeniusessuch as Vincent van GoghandFrancisco Goya, whoignoredsocialexpectations and developed unorthodoxstyles that opposed contemporary conventions.
Through a mutual acquaintance the painter Francisco Goya her family asks a monk, the opportunistic Brother Lorenzo (in a wonderfully suave performance by Javier Bardem), to intervene.
Mr. Connell was the author of 19 books, including two book-length poems, a biography of Spanish painter FranciscoGoya and a historically detailed novel about the Crusades, "Deus Lo Volt!"