Volaverunt

Volaverunt

1999 · 90 min · ES · 6.1 (20 votes)
Dir. Bigas Luna · Starring Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Penélope Cruz, Jordi Mollà, Jorge Perugorría, Stefania Sandrelli, Empar Ferrer
Drama

The story revolves around Goya's womanising and the mysterious death of the Duchess of Alba at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th Centuries, at a time when Madrid was wobbling through a difficult time and setting the scene for the following Prim vs Crown uprising.

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A lavishly shot, somber exploration of a troubled artist's life. It feels like a decadent, yet melancholic, descent into passion and mortality, set against a backdrop of societal upheaval.

melancholicopulentsensualtragicslow-burnperiod dramaarthousepainterly visualsartistryforbidden lovemortalitysocial decay
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