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Volaverunt

1999-10-01 · 118 min · ★ 5.8

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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Directors
Bigas Luna
Production companies
Mate Producciones S.A., UGC YM, M.D.A. Films S.L., Vía Digital
Countries
France, Spain
Status
Released

Top Cast

Aitana Sánchez-GijónAitana Sánchez-GijónCayetana, Duquesa de Alba
Penélope CruzPenélope CruzPepita Tudó "la Maja"
Jordi MollàJordi MollàDon Manuel de Godoy "Príncipe de la Paz"
Jorge PerugorríaJorge PerugorríaDon Francisco Goya y Lucientes
Stefania SandrelliStefania SandrelliReina María Luisa de Parma
Empar FerrerEmpar FerrerCatalina Barajas
Zoe BerriatúaZoe BerriatúaPríncipe Fernando
Jean-Marie JuanJean-Marie JuanPignatelli
Olivier AchardOlivier AchardGrognard
Fermí ReixachFermí ReixachCardenal
Chema MazoJefe de Policía (as José María Mazo)
María AlonsoCondesa de Chinchón
José CanteroMédico Durán
Alberto García DemestresIsidoro Maiquez (as Alberto Demestres)
Carlos BardemCarlos BardemRomero
Enrique VillénEnrique VillénGeneral Cornel
Ayanta BarilliAyanta BarilliDuquesa de Osuna
Álvaro LoboConde de Haro
Carlos La RosaCarlos IV
Virginia ChávarriManuelita

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