2018
7.5 (2 votes)
1h 23m
Official Website
Genres
Documentary
History
Production Companies
Tourmalet Films
Marmitafilms
France 3
TVE
Marmitafilms
France 3
TVE
Goya's Skull (Oscuro y Lucientes)
The story of Goya's lost head
Overview
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…
Key Crew
Director: Samuel Alarcón
Writer: Samuel Alarcón
Producer: Mayi Gutiérrez Cobo, Martine Vidalenc, Emmanuel Quillet
Director of Photography: Roberto San Eugenio
