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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, and his final film before his death in 2023.
Apr 1, 2016 · Finding Altamira: Directed by Hugh Hudson. With Antonio Banderas, Clément Sibony, Rupert Everett, Javivi. Life and events of the man who realized one of the most important discoveries of the 19th century: Altamira's caves.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Hugh Hudson
- 2016-04-01
Sep 15, 2016 · Sept. 15, 2016. “ Finding Altamira ” — Hugh Hudson’s stately account of events surrounding the discovery of Paleolithic cave paintings in northern Spain in 1879 — addresses a fascinating...
- Andy Webster
- Hugh Hudson
Feb 1, 2017 · Rarely does a true archaeological story become the basis of a movie. Yet this is what we have with Finding Altamira. It recounts the discovery in 1879 of Ice Age art on a cave ceiling at Altamira, provoking intense and acrimonious debate in the world of archaeology.
Sep 16, 2016 · In 1879, a Spanish archaeologist (Antonio Banderas) and his daughter (Allegra Allen) cause worldwide controversy when they discover cave paintings that are 10,000 years old.
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- History, Drama
Summaries. Life and events of the man who realized one of the most important discoveries of the 19th century: Altamira's caves. 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.
