Altamira (film)
| Finding Altamira | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Hugh Hudson |
| Screenplay by | José Luis López-Linares Olivia Hetreed |
| Produced by | Lucrecia Botin Álvaro Longoria Andy Paterson |
| Starring | Antonio Banderas Golshifteh Farahani Allegra Allen Clement Sibony Rupert Everett |
| Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine |
| Edited by | Pia Di Ciaula |
| Music by | Mark Knopfler, Evelyn Glennie |
| Distributed by | Eagle Films Samuel Goldwyn Films |
Release date | 1 April 2016 (Spain) |
Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | English / Spanish |
Finding Altamira (released as Altamira in Spain) is a 2016 Spanish biographical drama film starring Antonio Banderas, and directed by Hugh Hudson. It is Hudson's first fiction film since I Dreamed of Africa in 2000.[1]
Synopsis
The film chronicles the groundbreaking discovery of stone age cave paintings in the Cave of Altamira in Cantabria, Spain, and the subsequent controversy by leading religious and scientific figures of the day.
Cast
- Antonio Banderas as Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola y de la Pedrueca
- Golshifteh Farahani as Conchita
- Allegra Allen as Maria
- Clément Sibony as Emile Cartailhac
- Henry Goodman as De Los Rios
- Pierre Niney as Paul Ratier
- Rupert Everett as Monsignor
Soundtrack
The music was composed by guitarist Mark Knopfler and percussionist Evelyn Glennie.
Reception
It has a score of 57% on Metacritic.[2]
Johnathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter declared the film, "Picturesque, but routine", and said that, "little of the wow factor is felt on a first viewing of the Antonio Banderas-starring, Hugh Hudson-directed Finding Altamira, where events which played a footnote role in Darwin's great scientific revolution are reduced to a good-looking but unimaginative period drama in which everything proceeds exactly as expected".[3]
References
- ^ http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/first-look-antonio-banderas-altamira/
- ^ "Finding Altamira listing" (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/finding-altamira). Metacritic. Accessed 24 September 2016.
- ^ Jonathan Holland (4 April 2016). "'Altamira': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 April 2016.