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The Painting

The Painting

What is happening in that room?

2019•1h 47m•7.5/10
DocumentaryHistoryAnimation

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7.5/10(4)

For three and a half centuries, from the same day that Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) applied his last brushstroke to the canvas, the enigma of “Las meninas, o La familia de Felipe IV” (1656) has not been deciphered. The secret story of a painting unveiled as if it was the resolution of a perfect crime.

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Production

Mare Films, TVE, TeleMadrid

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Eusebio Poncela

Eusebio Poncela

The Man

Olivia Sanz Novoa

The Girl

Jonathan Brown

Himself - Historian

Manuela Mena

Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Francisco Calvo-Serraller

Himself - Historian

Javier Portús

Himself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Eve Sussman

Herself - Artist

Keith Christiansen

Himself - MoMa Staff Member

Michael Gallagher

Himself - MoMa Staff Member

Svetlana Alpers

Herself - Art Historian

Fernando Marías Franco

Himself - Art Historian

Enrique Quintana

Himself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Félix de Azúa

Himself - Writer

José Manuel Cruz Valdovinos

Himself - Art Historian

Rocío Dávila

Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Maite Dávila

Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Carmen Garrido

Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Valentín J. Alejándrez

Himself - Writer

Matías Díaz Padrón

Himself - Art Historian

Antonio Sáseta

Himself - Architect

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