A solid little movie about an awfully important event in human history and the fight against religious ignorance and persecution.
Sadly it doesn't really address the real issue of science vs religion.
Interesting true story but an opportunity lost
Finding Altamira
2016
Action / Biography / Drama / History
Plot summary
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.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
Director
Top cast
Antonio Banderas as Marcelino
Golshifteh Farahani as Conchita
Rupert Everett as Monseñor
Pierre Niney as Paul Ratier
Tech specs
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU 690.47 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
Movie Reviews
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OPPORTUNITY LOST
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An original, self-taught scientist stands against the world in the name of Truth
Like the trailer, which soars with a sense of greatness, this is a beautiful film that stayed with me, and keeps recurring to my mind weeks later. No spoilers in this review, I'll just recommend the story to original thinkers who know how hard it is to stand against the crowd and state the truth, because it is the truth. And to keep faith with yourself--against the universe if need be.
If you are religious and worry that this story will attack your love of God, I don't think that will happen. If you believe that God created existence; then exploring this beauty cannot be a threat to God. If you hold no beliefs but rely on reason to understand the world around you, then you will revere Marcelino de Sautuola's courage, vision and unbending spirit.
I take away his story to stay with me as I walk through life.
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Still not as great as it could have been..
Life and events of the man who realized one of the most important discoveries of the 19th century: Altamira's caves. Altamira packs a good perfomance from Antonio Banderas and a talented cast but the film lacks serious dramatic depth and it's historical events are not portrayed with the interesting way i was expecting and even tho it's better than Banderas most recent projects it's still not as good as i hoped or expected it to be. (5/10)