Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola y de la Pedrueca, in 1868, accidentally discovered Paleolithic paintings with the help of a hunter named Modesto Cubillas inside Altamira's caves, located in Cantabria, northern Spain. Trying to expose their discovery to the academic world so that they could study the paintings, Sautuola incurred the scepticism and discredit of all experts, who claimed that the caves were false and the paintings made by Sautuola himself, in an effort to get rich. Lo... (Full plot summary below)
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Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola y de la Pedrueca, in 1868, accidentally discovered Paleolithic paintings with the help of a hunter named Modesto Cubillas inside Altamira's caves, located in Cantabria, northern Spain. Trying to expose their discovery to the academic world so that they could study the paintings, Sautuola incurred the scepticism and discredit of all experts, who claimed that the caves were false and the paintings made by Sautuola himself, in an effort to get rich. Looking for the truth, Sautuola spent the rest of his life fighting to prove that those paintings were real, trying to restore his innocence from the accusations of falsehood launched against him.
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| The New York TimesAndy WebsterIn Antonio Banderas, Mr. Hudson has a winning de Sautuola of personal modesty, scientific integrity and paternal warmth. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfBanderas manages to find spaces for humanity, delivering a satisfying take on frustration and parental protection as Hudson and his screenwriters trying to dramatize a tricky time in Spanish history. |
| Toronto StarBruce DemaraDirector Hugh Hudson maintains a steady hand throughout in this low-key but powerful rumination on faith and reason. |
| National PostChris KnightDirector Hugh Hudson shoots in lush settings and provides ample footage of the incredible paintings; this could make a nice double feature alongside Werner Herzog's documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams. |
| The GateAndrew ParkerA reasonably engaging tale of the ever present arguments that take place between science and belief. |
| Cinemanía (Spain)Sergio F. PinillaLes dirige el mítico Hugh Hudson, quien deja a un lado rasgos de autoría y se pone al servicio de una producción que tinta de melodrama y épica (destacan los VFX que ponen las pinturas en movimiento a partir de la imaginación de la niña). |
| Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyHugh Hudson's Finding Altamira is a rote but engaging historical drama about the eternal debate between truth and mythology. |
| Georgia StraightKen EisnerDespite a few flourishes, plus some solid work from Antonio Banderas as Marcelino de Sautuola -- the amateur scientist who first uncovered the famous cave paintings in northern Spain -- it's pretty much the work of someone going through the motions. |
| Cinemalogue.comTodd Jorgenson... too often detours into silly subplots that minimize the moral complexity and trivialize the fascinating true-life source material. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinAlthough the script by Olivia Hetreed and José Luis López-Linares traffics in vital ideas and still-timely assertions (“We shouldn’t try to fit facts into a set of beliefs!”), a looser, less self-important approach would have helped. |
