Titian’s painting “Actaeon Surprising Diana (Artemis) in the bath,” is retold in this short film Metamorphosis by Tell No One.

In Greek mythology, Actaeon was a hunter and Theban hero, who fell foul of Artemis, and was punished. In one version of the tale, Actaeon was wandering through a wood, when he spied Artemis, or Diana, bathing in a “sacred spring.” Actaeon was mesmerized by the goddess’s beauty, and stood staring lustfully at her nakedness. As punishment Artemis forbade Actaeon to speak—if ever he did speak, he would be turned into a stag. Upon hearing the sound of his hunting party approaching, Acteaon called out, and was turned into a stag. He then became their quarry, was hunted and torn to pieces by his own hounds.

Metamorphosis stars Anna Friel and Ed Speleers. The film was made in 2012 for the National Gallery, London, and won a Golden Lion, in the Film Craft category, at Cannes this year. 
 

 
H/T John Hassay