The Painting

Nov 8, 2019

1h 47m

★ 7.5

What is happening in that room?

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

History

Animation

Production Companies

Mare Films

TVE

TeleMadrid

The Painting Trailers

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Cast

The Man

Eusebio Poncela

The Girl

Olivia Sanz Novoa

Himself - Historian

Jonathan Brown

Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Manuela Mena

Himself - Historian

Francisco Calvo-Serraller

Himself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Javier Portús

Herself - Artist

Eve Sussman

Himself - MoMa Staff Member

Keith Christiansen

Himself - MoMa Staff Member

Michael Gallagher

Herself - Art Historian

Svetlana Alpers

Himself - Art Historian

Fernando Marías Franco

Himself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Enrique Quintana

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