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The Painting.

What is happening in that room?

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.

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Directed by Andrés Sanz Vicente

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE STORY

Cast.

Eusebio Poncela

Eusebio Poncela

The Man

Olivia Sanz Novoa

Olivia Sanz Novoa

The Girl

Jonathan Brown

Jonathan Brown

Himself - Historian

Manuela Mena

Manuela Mena

Herself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Francisco Calvo-Serraller

Francisco Calvo-Serraller

Himself - Historian

Javier Portús

Javier Portús

Himself - Prado Museum Staff Member

Eve Sussman

Eve Sussman

Herself - Artist

Keith Christiansen

Keith Christiansen

Himself - MoMa Staff Member

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