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Goya's Skull

"The story of Goya's lost head"

2018-11-16
7.5
es 83m
DocumentaryHistory
Bordeaux, France, 1828. Spanish painter Francisco de Goya y Lucientes dies in his French exile on April 16th and is buried in the local cemetery. Nobody, not even his only living son, Javier, claims his body. In 1888, after years of paperwork, the Spanish consul Pereyra finally obtains permission to exhume Goya's remains with the purpose to bury them in Spain. When the crypt is opened, the gravediggers make a discovery as macabre as it is stunning…

Director

Samuel Alarcón

Writer

Samuel Alarcón

Original Music Composer

Eneko Vadillo

Producer

Mayi Gutiérrez Cobo

Producer

Martine Vidalenc

Producer

Emmanuel Quillet

bordeaux, france 19th century exhumation male corpse exiled artist spanish painter

Status

Released

Countries

  • France
  • Spain

Companies

  • Tourmalet Films
  • Marmitafilms
  • France 3
  • TVE