Movie

The Painting

2019 · 107 min

A calm, curious stroll through centuries of scholarly obsession, turning a single canvas into a slow-burning puzzle you want to lean in and solve.

Tagline: What is happening in that room?
Overview: For three and a half centuries, from the same day that Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) applied his last brushstroke to the canvas, the enigma of “Las meninas, o La familia de Felipe IV” (1656) has not been deciphered. The secret story of a painting unveiled as if it was the resolution of a perfect crime.
How it feels: Earnest, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Art, mystery, obsession, memory
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
mystery
obsession
memory
identity
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none