Directed by Academy Award® Nominee Hugh Hudson (Chariots of Fire) and Starring Antonio Banderas & Rupert Everett
FINDING ALTAMIRA
Debuting on Digital September 16
On DVD September 27
CULVER CITY, Calif. (August 9, 2016) – Based on the historic discovery that changed the perception of prehistoric human beings, FINDING ALTAMIRA debuts on digital September 16 and on DVD September 27 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Samuel Goldwyn Films. Antonio Banderas (The Legend of Zorro) stars as Marcelino Santuola, an amateur archaeologist living in nineteenth century Spain. When he discovers Paleolithic cave art of galloping bison, his findings are immediately decried as heresy by the Catholic Church and forgery by French specialists. Looking for the truth, Sautuola vows to spend his life fighting to prove that the paintings were real and to restore his reputation amid the controversy.
Directed by Academy Award® nominee Hugh Hudson (Best Director, Chariots of Fire, 1981) FINDING ALTAMIRA also stars Golshifteh Farahani (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), Rupert Everett (My Best Friend’s Wedding), Pierre Niney (Yves Saint Laurent), Henry Goodman (Avengers: Age of Ultron), and Clément Sibony (The Walk).
Synopsis:
Antonio Banderas stars as a man whose astonishing discovery threatens to shake religious understanding and tear his family apart.
Directed by Hugh Hudson, FINDING ALTAMIRA was written by Olivia Hetreed &
José Luis López-Linares. The film was produced by Lucrecia Botín, Alvaro Longoria & Andy Paterson; with Lucrecia Botín, Ana Botín, Andrónico Luksic, Laura Bickford, José Luis López-Linares & Pilar Benito serving as executive producers.
FINDING ALTAMIRA has a run time of approximately 93 minutes and is not rated.
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Samuel Goldwyn Films is a major, independently owned and operated motion-picture company that develops, produces and distributes innovative feature films and documentaries. The company is dedicated to working with both world-renowned and emerging writers/filmmakers and committed to filmed entertainment that offers original voices in uniquely told stories. This is best exemplified by the Academy Award® nominated THE SQUID AND THE WHALE and SUPER SIZE ME, AMAZING GRACE and Julie Delpy’s hit comedy 2 DAYS IN PARIS. Past Goldwyn titles include: HARRY BROWN starring Michael Caine, the box office smash FIREPROOF and the 2010 independent hit MAO’S LAST DANCER. Samuel Goldwyn Films also released THE WHISTLEBLOWER, a powerful, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller starring Academy Award® winner Rachel Weisz, and the 2012 critics’ darling ROBOT & FRANK, starring Academy Award® nominee Frank Langella and Academy Award® winner Susan Sarandon. Additional Samuel Goldwyn Films releases include: DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL; Gilles Bourdos’ RENOIR, the lush film about the famous painter’s later years and France’s official submission for the 2014 Academy Awards®; Jason Wise’s cult-hit film SOMM; 2015 Academy Foreign Language Film Award® nominee TANGERINES; the Israeli dark comedy THE FAREWELL PARTY; Sacha Jenkins’ FRESH DRESSED; the Sundance cult-hit LILA AND EVE starring Viola Davis and Jennifer Lopez; Damon Gameau’s eye-opening THAT SUGAR FILM which takes on the sugar industry; and Morgan Matthews compelling drama A BRILLIANT YOUNG MIND. Current Samuel Goldwyn Films releases include: Chris Bell’s expose PRESCRIPTION THUGS; Andrew Renzi’s Tribeca Film Festival favorite THE BENEFACTOR starring Richard Gere; the widely anticipated Jason Wise follow-up SOMM: INTO THE BOTTLE; Toronto Film Festival’s Gala Presentation HYENA ROAD directed by Paul Gross; Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt’s octave-fueled documentary HAVANA MOTOR CLUB; Los Angeles Film Festival 2015 Audience Award recipient HOSTILE BORDER by co-Directors Michael Dyer & Kaitlin McLaughlin, Mark Sawer’s sci-fi mockumentary NO MEN BEYOND THIS POINT and Ted Balaker’s docu CAN WE TAKE A JOKE? in which comedy and outrage collide.
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