Goya, The Secret of the Shadows
Starting from some characters who claim to have an unknown painting by Goya, the film proposes a Goya-esque and contemporary journey through the world of art and the universe of Goya, through his extraordinary legend...
Spain, 2011, 77 min.
SYNOPSIS
Ramón, a photographer of works of art, buys a painting one day in an auction house in Barcelona, an anonymous portrait from the nineteenth century, which, according to him and the unique experts who advise him, is nothing less than a Goya, a Goya in the shadows...
This story is the starting point of a personal journey towards Goya, a sui generis approach, an 'author' and contemporary voyage through the world of art and the universe of Goya, through his extraordinary legend...
Premiered at the Museo Nacional del Prado, the film has obtained a contribution to research from the French Government through the Académie de France à Madrid.
The film features the participation of leading experts in Goya's work and life, such as Manuela Mena, Juliet Wilson, Valeriano Bozal, Jesusa Vega and others.
The film features the participation of leading experts in Goya's work and life, such as Manuela Mena, Juliet Wilson, Valeriano Bozal, Jesusa Vega and others.
PRESS
«The author draws a suggestive and very personal vision of the great Goya ( …) The images come and go to the beat of a rhythm labyrinthine which reminds ‘The Aspern Papers’ or the investigations of Sherlock Holmes»
El Heraldo de Aragón
«Mauas traces a journey that goes from the legend to the social phenomenon, proposing a reflection on art as a business, with the schemes between innocent buyers and those who take over the art market, but he also includes a look into the identity of the artist and the authorship of his canvases»
Fotogramas
«The film goes far beyond, and counts with dozens of experts who speak about Goya, on how he paints, feels, lives, and on how he works, hears, or signs…»
El Periódico
«Is it real or false? Is it a farce? Is it a fiction? Do these characters really exist? What are we talking about? A painting? The art market? Goya? Or about Spain?, asks David. And indeed he talks about all this and much more»
El Mundo
«Mauas describes Goya as a “complex” artist, present in a kaleidoscopic history»
Efe
«The film with its air of false documentary approaches the painter and his work in a very personal way»
Qué
«Just as Hitchcock’s MacGuffin, the theory of the signatures works as a plot element that allows to speak about the legends that surround Goya»
Público
El Heraldo de Aragón
«Mauas traces a journey that goes from the legend to the social phenomenon, proposing a reflection on art as a business, with the schemes between innocent buyers and those who take over the art market, but he also includes a look into the identity of the artist and the authorship of his canvases»
Fotogramas
«The film goes far beyond, and counts with dozens of experts who speak about Goya, on how he paints, feels, lives, and on how he works, hears, or signs…»
El Periódico
«Is it real or false? Is it a farce? Is it a fiction? Do these characters really exist? What are we talking about? A painting? The art market? Goya? Or about Spain?, asks David. And indeed he talks about all this and much more»
El Mundo
«Mauas describes Goya as a “complex” artist, present in a kaleidoscopic history»
Efe
«The film with its air of false documentary approaches the painter and his work in a very personal way»
Qué
«Just as Hitchcock’s MacGuffin, the theory of the signatures works as a plot element that allows to speak about the legends that surround Goya»
Público
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