Finding Altamira Page #4

You want to find the souls

of your cavemen.

I want to understand the evidence.

You should come to church.

F sharp!

F sharp.

Pay attention.

Mama.

Monsieur Paul said

I could go drawing with him.

May I?

Drawing? Yes, I suppose so.

But I don't want you in that cave

anymore. Don't be long.

Yes, mama.

Do you know how to do that?

What are you doing?

We need colours to paint.

Did you know the world

used to be frozen all over,

even the seas?

So I could have walked

from here to America?

Skated.

Do you want to go to America?

Doesn't everyone?

Mama and Papa don't.

They have everything they want here.

Don't you?

[Me encanta tener

una guia tan experta como t1], pero...

I hope I'm not taking you

from your lessons.

Papa thinks the best way to learn

is by doing.

He's right.

He's a very wise man, you know?

Was your father a painter?

And his father too.

Perhaps your great great great

great great great grandfather

was a cave painter?

I never thought about that.

I like the idea.

Let's make a cave painting.

The cave master

must have planned it very well.

I can't.

Of course you can.

Painting is looking. That is all.

You know?

You'll always be the girl

who discovered

the oldest paintings in the world.

Not many people do anything in their

whole life that comes close to that.

Let alone at nine years old.

Is it true? Tell me.

Yes.

Try it.

This is too much.

I'll give you some.

It's late.

I must go home.

Hide your hands.

Good evening, sir.

What a face!

I would like to paint him.

He's a horrid old cave bear!

- Oh, no!

- What?

Wagner.

Thank you.

Maria! Maria!

Bravo!

Au revoir.

That's what I have been told.

That your husband

does not believe in the Bible.

That he's using the paintings

to harm the Church.

He would never...

He doesn't think like that, Elena.

I'm just telling you

so it doesn't catch you unaware.

Father Tomas.

I am glad you are here, my child.

I am always here, Father.

You have been working

for him in that cave.

Don't deny it.

The Monsignor has a special

message from the Bishop,

in the light of all the recent...

disturbance.

Your husband is coming?

He's preparing his findings

to present to the world's experts.

For the greater glory of God.

Beware

those who fall into the Abyss

of materialism and atheism.

They labour to destroy

the deepest foundations

of human society.

They call

the Divine Scripture "mythology".

They deny the Virgin Birth.

They attack the Holy Family.

Think then of the peril

should your children be exposed

to their heresy.

These are grave and bitter evils.

Anyone who does not confess

that the world and all things in it

are created for the glory of God,

let him be anathema,

cast out from the Church.

I'm going to the cave.

The primitives

didn't have an easy life.

No one has an easy life, Maria.

Visitors.

We were expecting you.

Edouard Harl,

at your service.

Sautuola.

You have come

on behalf of Monsieur Cartailhac?

Oh, yes.

You are very welcome.

Very welcome indeed.

You are on the way to Lisbon,

to the conference.

That's the one.

Ratter.

Please, won't you come in?

It will give me great pleasure

to show you the cave.

I would prefer to see for myself,

if you permit.

As you wish, yes.

Yes, please.

You're gonna need this.

Of course.

Look at the depth of colour,

the definition.

There is no sign of weathering.

The paint is actually fresh!

Half an hour.

What are they doing there?

That's good, a deer.

Whoever did paint this

he has quite a talent.

- Ratter.

- But those tiny legs...

He has the proportion all wrong.

It is all too evident

he has never seen an aurochs.

It's not an aurochs. It's a bison!

- Damn child again.

- Who is she?

What are you doing in here?

You are spying. Out! Go on!

Get out!

What are you doing here?

- This is my cave.

- Get out!

Go on!

Typical crackpot nonsense,

allowing a childplay in here.

This child made the discovery.

Whereas you, sir,

no one invited you here.

So take your malicious opinion

and get out.

Qut!

He's a liar. And the other one

is an idiot who knows nothing!

Enough.

This is a very important visit

and it must be conducted

in a scientific manner.

Sir, please.

But they don't understand-

Ratter, please take her outside.

- Please, come.

- They don't.

Come with me. Come.

Shut up!

The rest of the cave. Sir, please.

Were have you been?

Maria, darling, are you alright?

Papa!

The air in that cave is bad.

- It's an evil place.

- There are other cases in town.

- They haven't been in the cave.

- Everyone's been in that hateful cave.

See what you've done,

digging up things best left alone!

Best left alone. Why?

So that we can continue

in ignorance and error?

You have no respect

for the way things are.

No. If they're wrong, no.

You're so arrogant.

You think anyone

who disagrees with you is a fool.

- No. But this blinkered dogmatic view...

- Dogmatic?

You've lost your Faith

and you want to take mine.

It has nothing to do with Faith,

only logic.

If your Faith gives you comfort...

Don't treat me like a child.

Do you think it's easy to believe?

To believe in a loving

all-powerful deity

who want only destroys his Creation.

No, I don't think it's easy.

You hate God for taking our babies.

I didn't say that,

don't twist my words.

You should not have care of a child.

It's not me that fills her head

with Sin and Hell.

I won't listen to this.

Because you have no arguments

on your side, my dear.

Please stop. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

It's alright, It's alright.

Go. Go back to your cave.

Professor.

Marcelino.

It isn't better to reveal them

in your lecture?

I am told there is some resistance.

The very idea of paintings of this age

is difficult to grasp.

It's going to be a sensation.

Esteemed colleagues.

So many distinguished experts.

Perhaps we in Spain can't claim the...

eminence of France

but the good Lord has seen fit

to bless us with a miraculous discovery.

From this day we must begin again,

to construct a new history of Mankind.

This discovery is a profound challenge

to my own beliefs.

But it is not for me

to tell you about our findings.

You don't know him yet,

but I am sure he will soon

be a famous name around the world

Gentlemen, Don Marcelino Sautuola.

Marcelino, come!

Thank you, Professor Vilanova.

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Gentlemen,

this is a very great honour, indeed.

I'm only a foot soldier

but here I am,

addressing the generals!

It seems quite plausible to suggest

that these remarkable paintings,

which mainly represent

animals not seen in the region

since the last Ice Age,

these masterpieces

date from the same period.

Thank you.

I take my hat off to you,

Professor Vilanova.

You have astonished us.

I do not blame Monsieur Sautuola,

a mere amateur,

for his failure to understand

the basic principles of our science.

We do not expect miracles,

those went out with the Enlightenment.

We have now a very complete record

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