Rendezvous with Cinema. "Velázquez, power and art"

This year's second session of our virtual Rendezvous with Cinema is dedicated to the documentary "Velázquez, power and art" by José Manuel Gómez Vidal.

Premiered at the Valladolid International Film Week (Seminci) in 2022, this documentary delves into the lesser-known part of the great Spanish painter Diego by Velázquez.

After the successful documentary "Murillo, Last Journey", Gómez Vidal, a great connoisseur of the Golden Age Spanish, analyses in this interesting cinematographic work the career and rise of the author of some of the best works in the history of art and his special relationship with power.

Synopsis: One of the constants in Velázquez's life was the search for the favour of power: first in his native Seville, frequenting the circles of power, and later at the Court, where in the service of King Philip IV, he learned that the painter's glory depended on his contact with the powerful. But why this obsession with becoming noble? Was your painting an end or an instrument? And above all: why did he hide his personal life?

The activity is moderated by staff from Instituto Cervantes and includes the participation of specialists linked to the production (directors, screenwriters ... .). Enjoy cinema in Spanish!