Finding Altamira (
2016) | IMDb:
6
The story of nine-year old Maria and her father Marcelino who, in 1879, found the first pre-historic cave paintings at the now world famous Altamira cave.
Starring:
Antonio Banderas
,
Golshifteh Farahani
,
Rupert Everett
,
Pierre Niney
,
Henry Goodman
,
Tristán Ulloa
Directed by:
Hugh Hudson
I Dreamed of Africa (
2000) | IMDb:
5.5
Inspired by the true story of indomitable Kuki Gallmann, the film tells of a beautiful and inquisitive woman who had the courage to escape from her comfortable yet monotonous life in Italy to start anew in the African wilderness with her son, Emanuele, and her new husband, Paolo. Gallmann faces great danger there but eventually becomes a celebrated conservationist.
Starring:
Kim Basinger
,
Vincent Perez
,
Liam Aiken
,
Daniel Craig
,
Eva Marie Saint
,
Lance Reddick
Directed by:
Hugh Hudson
Revolution (
1985) | IMDb:
5.3
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take a stand and fight for the freedom of the Colonies, alongside the aristocratic rebel Daisy McConnahay. As Tom undergoes his change of heart, the events of the war unfold in large-scale grandeur.
Starring:
Al Pacino
,
Donald Sutherland
,
Nastassja Kinski
,
Joan Plowright
,
Dave King
,
Dexter Fletcher
Directed by:
Hugh Hudson
Chariots of Fire (
1981) | IMDb:
7.1
In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.