In this intimate and quietly compelling drama, acclaimed artist Alberto Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush) finds himself at a creative crossroads when American art critic and writer James Lord (Armie Hammer) sits for a portrait that was meant to take only a few days. Directed by Stanley Tucci, the film unfolds over the course of several weeks in 1960s Paris, as the famously perfectionist and tormented Giacometti repeatedly struggles to capture his subject's true essence, endlessly reworking the canvas while grappling with his own artistic insecurities and existential doubts. As the sittings stretch on, Lord becomes an unwitting observer of the artist's chaotic personal life, including his fraught relationship with his loyal wife Annette (Sylvie Testud) and his volatile mistress Caroline (Clemence Poesy). With the ever-patient dealer Diego (Tony Shalhoub) looking on, Giacometti's obsessive process reveals the profound tension between artistic vision and the simple act of finishing a work, creating a poignant meditation on creativity, mortality, and the elusive nature of capturing a soul on canvas.