1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 2 00:00:28,550 --> 00:00:31,144 Looters. Speculators. 3 00:00:31,342 --> 00:00:32,639 Grave robbers. 4 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,019 This is how Prehistorians are perceived. 5 00:00:35,175 --> 00:00:38,349 "The meek shall inherit the Earth." 6 00:00:38,550 --> 00:00:42,635 Not those who arrogantly seek to explain the miracle of Creation. 7 00:00:42,842 --> 00:00:47,552 But our quest is for the Origins of Mankind. 8 00:00:47,717 --> 00:00:49,310 Think then of the peril 9 00:00:49,467 --> 00:00:52,971 should your children be exposed to their heresy. 10 00:00:53,175 --> 00:00:57,260 It is imperative that we raise the standing of our infant science, 11 00:00:57,425 --> 00:01:00,554 as the great Charles Darwin has done for Natural History. 12 00:01:00,717 --> 00:01:03,345 Anyone who does not confess 13 00:01:03,550 --> 00:01:06,224 that the world and all things in it... 14 00:01:06,383 --> 00:01:09,592 are created for the glory of God: 15 00:01:10,842 --> 00:01:12,890 let him be anathema, 16 00:01:13,342 --> 00:01:15,219 cast out from the Church. 17 00:01:40,842 --> 00:01:43,140 My name is Maria Sautuola. 18 00:01:44,550 --> 00:01:48,475 When I was nine years old, my world was torn apart. 19 00:01:49,258 --> 00:01:53,058 Even so, I don't regret for what we did, 20 00:01:53,467 --> 00:01:55,140 for what we discover. 21 00:01:55,758 --> 00:01:58,841 It all began when Papa went to Paris 22 00:01:58,967 --> 00:02:02,551 to hear the greatest archaeologists of the age. 23 00:02:03,175 --> 00:02:06,429 Papa was a scholar and a scientist, 24 00:02:06,883 --> 00:02:11,218 but above all a fearless seeker of truth. 25 00:02:11,883 --> 00:02:15,808 Don Marcelino, are we looking at our primitive ancestors? 26 00:02:16,717 --> 00:02:19,140 Only a few steps from the cave. 27 00:02:19,300 --> 00:02:21,553 I was trying to imagine how I would behave if my house 28 00:02:21,758 --> 00:02:23,681 were on display like a zoo. 29 00:02:25,508 --> 00:02:26,600 We should go. 30 00:02:26,758 --> 00:02:29,477 The lecture will be packed. 31 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:36,894 We must be rigorous, methodical, 32 00:02:37,008 --> 00:02:38,760 scientific in our work, 33 00:02:38,883 --> 00:02:41,636 or the forces of Reaction will crush us. 34 00:02:47,383 --> 00:02:49,226 Good speech, Cartailhac. 35 00:02:49,550 --> 00:02:52,053 Allow me to introduce my friend, Mister Sautuola, 36 00:02:52,217 --> 00:02:54,219 a keen recruit to our field. 37 00:02:54,508 --> 00:02:56,101 Another Jesuit? 38 00:02:56,258 --> 00:02:57,805 No, sir. 39 00:02:58,133 --> 00:03:01,763 A beginner, an enthusiast without prejudice. 40 00:03:02,050 --> 00:03:04,473 I'm learning so much from your journal, sir. 41 00:03:05,008 --> 00:03:07,932 It's men like you we academics rely on. 42 00:03:08,092 --> 00:03:11,596 The honest amateur is our foot soldier. 43 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,724 Only do not let his dogma infect you. 44 00:03:18,842 --> 00:03:20,515 Please, its for you. 45 00:03:36,342 --> 00:03:37,389 Mama, mama. 46 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,302 Be careful with those, Maria. 47 00:03:43,925 --> 00:03:44,972 Mero! 48 00:03:49,758 --> 00:03:52,432 Oh, Marcelino, is that a hat? 49 00:03:52,842 --> 00:03:54,185 From Paris? 50 00:03:54,383 --> 00:03:56,886 - Yes... I mean, no. - Thank you. 51 00:03:57,050 --> 00:03:58,552 Forgive me, Conchita! 52 00:03:58,717 --> 00:04:00,685 It's for my orchid collection and... 53 00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:02,973 I shall wear it to church? 54 00:04:03,133 --> 00:04:05,761 See what my husband has brought from Paris. 55 00:04:06,258 --> 00:04:09,011 We are joining Cartailhac's army. 56 00:04:09,175 --> 00:04:10,802 Marcelino, you've only just arrived. 57 00:04:10,925 --> 00:04:14,134 Can I come? I must be old enough by now. 58 00:04:14,300 --> 00:04:16,302 See how tall I am. Let's go. 59 00:04:16,467 --> 00:04:19,516 No one is going hunting or joining any armies. 60 00:04:19,675 --> 00:04:22,599 - What beautiful they are! - Maria, time for practice. 61 00:04:26,717 --> 00:04:27,889 Maria Justina! 62 00:04:28,050 --> 00:04:30,144 You practice, then we'll go. 63 00:04:50,425 --> 00:04:54,055 NATURAL AND PRIMITIVE HISTORY OF MAN EMILE CARTAILHAC 64 00:04:54,717 --> 00:04:57,561 And Father Tomas says I should be confirmed this Autumn 65 00:04:57,717 --> 00:04:59,594 or it will be too late. 66 00:04:59,758 --> 00:05:01,886 Too late! Why's that? 67 00:05:02,050 --> 00:05:04,473 Because I ask too many questions. 68 00:05:04,633 --> 00:05:05,759 Do I, Papa? 69 00:05:07,008 --> 00:05:09,557 It's impossible to ask too many questions 70 00:05:09,883 --> 00:05:12,227 as long as you pay attention to the answers. 71 00:05:24,633 --> 00:05:27,842 The primitives lived over 10.000 years ago. 72 00:05:28,342 --> 00:05:31,095 So by digging down, we look back 73 00:05:31,300 --> 00:05:33,519 a telescope of time. 74 00:05:36,842 --> 00:05:40,392 This must have been a good place. Sheltered. 75 00:05:40,550 --> 00:05:42,848 Did they sleep on the mud? 76 00:05:43,383 --> 00:05:46,842 And these were skilled craftsmen. 77 00:05:47,258 --> 00:05:48,976 They could make what they needed. 78 00:05:51,383 --> 00:05:53,852 What does it say in Genesis? 79 00:05:53,967 --> 00:05:56,061 "Thou art dust and..." 80 00:05:56,258 --> 00:05:58,431 "And to dust thou shalt return." 81 00:05:58,675 --> 00:06:02,179 Even here, protected from the elements, 82 00:06:02,675 --> 00:06:05,975 only the hardest things survive the ages: 83 00:06:06,508 --> 00:06:09,136 stone, shells, 84 00:06:09,383 --> 00:06:10,475 bone. 85 00:06:12,550 --> 00:06:14,268 Now listen. 86 00:06:16,717 --> 00:06:18,640 That muddy cave! 87 00:06:20,092 --> 00:06:21,685 Prayers, Missy. 88 00:06:24,925 --> 00:06:27,348 Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. 89 00:06:28,425 --> 00:06:29,096 Amen. 90 00:06:34,383 --> 00:06:37,842 - Oh, she's asleep. - No wonder. Exhausted. 91 00:06:38,050 --> 00:06:39,973 I'm not asleep. Show me now! 92 00:06:46,592 --> 00:06:49,846 Maria, look through this little window. 93 00:06:51,133 --> 00:06:52,350 Ready? 94 00:06:54,925 --> 00:06:57,098 Papa bought it in Paris. 95 00:06:57,758 --> 00:06:59,601 Moving pictures. 96 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:00,847 Magical! 97 00:07:01,175 --> 00:07:02,392 But how? 98 00:07:02,842 --> 00:07:04,389 Twelve mirrors. 99 00:07:04,842 --> 00:07:07,186 As the cylinder turns, the reflections 100 00:07:07,342 --> 00:07:09,219 give the illusion of motion. 101 00:07:09,383 --> 00:07:10,851 Why are there rainbows? 102 00:07:10,967 --> 00:07:14,517 A prism, where the light is bent by the glass- 103 00:07:18,008 --> 00:07:20,511 It wants to grow that way. 104 00:07:21,217 --> 00:07:22,844 Well, 105 00:07:26,008 --> 00:07:27,430 if that's what it wants, 106 00:07:29,300 --> 00:07:31,018 we can move the path. 107 00:07:32,550 --> 00:07:33,927 Why not? 108 00:07:34,842 --> 00:07:36,264 C'mon. Come here. 109 00:07:38,633 --> 00:07:41,182 Yeah, right here. Throw a line over here. 110 00:07:41,842 --> 00:07:42,684 Over here. 111 00:07:44,050 --> 00:07:46,929 We cannot fight nature, Mero. 112 00:07:47,092 --> 00:07:48,264 To the right, to the right. 113 00:07:49,300 --> 00:07:50,927 What if no one comes? 114 00:07:51,092 --> 00:07:52,435 I hope no one comes. 115 00:07:52,592 --> 00:07:53,935 Ah, don't say that! 116 00:07:54,467 --> 00:07:56,640 I only want to look at you. 117 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,552 The Marquesa did promise... 118 00:07:59,008 --> 00:08:00,055 No, no. 119 00:08:00,258 --> 00:08:01,475 Not this time. 120 00:08:01,925 --> 00:08:04,144 De Los Rios is coming. 121 00:08:04,592 --> 00:08:06,310 You won't argue with him. 122 00:08:06,550 --> 00:08:10,054 The Great Sage of Cantabria, wise on every subject, informed on none. 123 00:08:10,217 --> 00:08:12,720 Marcelino, please. Stop! Be serious. 124 00:08:13,175 --> 00:08:16,224 Not a word. Unless he says something very foolish. 125 00:08:16,383 --> 00:08:18,681 Or should I say until? Yes, until. 126 00:08:54,133 --> 00:08:58,013 Gentlemen, it is all ready for you. Will be just a few more minutes. 127 00:08:58,425 --> 00:09:02,601 Our ancestors lived more than 10.000 years ago 128 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,053 in what is called the Old Stone Age or Paleolithic Era. 129 00:09:05,467 --> 00:09:09,267 We don't know the age of our planet or when mankind... 130 00:09:09,425 --> 00:09:11,974 Nonsense. It has been calculated beyond a doubt 131 00:09:12,633 --> 00:09:14,727 that the Earth is eighteen million years old. 132 00:09:14,842 --> 00:09:15,843 You can read it in my writings. 133 00:09:16,050 --> 00:09:18,052 Calculated, yes, 134 00:09:18,425 --> 00:09:21,679 beyond a doubt, no, Señor De Los Rios 135 00:09:22,008 --> 00:09:24,511 There are many who think it may be a great deal older. 136 00:09:24,717 --> 00:09:25,809 And as to the Origins of Man... 137 00:09:25,967 --> 00:09:28,390 Doesn't the Bible tell us what to think about Creation, 138 00:09:28,550 --> 00:09:30,473 - Father Tomas? - Yes, Doña Elena. 139 00:09:30,633 --> 00:09:31,759 God created the World, 140 00:09:31,925 --> 00:09:35,680 but Biblical time cannot be reckoned like a calendar. 141 00:09:36,258 --> 00:09:37,601 Thank you, Father Tomas. 142 00:09:37,758 --> 00:09:39,977 - Time for some more music? - Some music. 143 00:09:40,175 --> 00:09:42,849 Everything we learned as children is out of date. 144 00:09:43,008 --> 00:09:45,431 New discoveries are being made at such a rate 145 00:09:45,592 --> 00:09:46,935 it's wise to keep an open mind. 146 00:09:47,092 --> 00:09:49,094 An open mind is an empty mind. 147 00:09:49,258 --> 00:09:52,467 And, to quote Plato, "an empty vessel makes the most noise." 148 00:09:52,633 --> 00:09:54,101 Who makes the most noise here? 149 00:09:54,467 --> 00:09:55,844 Excuse me. What you said? 150 00:09:56,050 --> 00:09:59,725 Dear friends, I hope you will indulge a mother. 151 00:09:59,842 --> 00:10:01,515 My daughter Maria Justina, 152 00:10:01,675 --> 00:10:05,179 will play Iradier's Habanera "La Paloma". 153 00:10:05,342 --> 00:10:08,141 I can't bear performing children. 154 00:10:08,342 --> 00:10:10,686 They're worse than trained monkeys. 155 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:22,384 Can I be sorry for my anger and still be angry? 156 00:10:22,550 --> 00:10:23,767 No, you can't. 157 00:10:23,925 --> 00:10:27,179 - Then I don't want to confess it. - That's naughty, Maria. 158 00:10:29,133 --> 00:10:31,477 My dear, how are you? 159 00:10:31,633 --> 00:10:32,850 Hello, Elena. 160 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:36,509 Take no notice of Señor De Los Rios. 161 00:10:36,675 --> 00:10:38,552 I'm sure nobody else does. 162 00:10:38,717 --> 00:10:39,843 What do you mean? 163 00:10:40,050 --> 00:10:41,472 It's nothing. 164 00:10:41,842 --> 00:10:44,721 Only he's telling everyone that his quarrel with Don Marcelino 165 00:10:44,842 --> 00:10:46,719 was the highpoint of the evening. 166 00:10:53,467 --> 00:10:54,969 Monsieur Ratier. 167 00:11:01,133 --> 00:11:02,726 Madame, this is an honor. 168 00:11:03,300 --> 00:11:04,301 Good day. 169 00:11:04,467 --> 00:11:06,765 This is my husband, Don Marcelino, 170 00:11:06,925 --> 00:11:08,598 and our daughter, Maria. 171 00:11:10,050 --> 00:11:11,973 It's in a poor state, isn't it? 172 00:11:12,133 --> 00:11:13,931 Well, yes, it is. 173 00:11:14,092 --> 00:11:15,309 You are truly an artist. 174 00:11:16,175 --> 00:11:18,143 The colours are most impressive. 175 00:11:19,050 --> 00:11:20,347 Maria. 176 00:11:20,550 --> 00:11:21,802 You want to look at the carvings? 177 00:11:21,967 --> 00:11:24,015 - Good day to you, sir. - Good day. 178 00:11:24,175 --> 00:11:25,768 I'll join you later. 179 00:11:25,967 --> 00:11:28,015 It's so beautiful. 180 00:11:29,092 --> 00:11:30,844 You know the trouble with anger? 181 00:11:31,758 --> 00:11:33,931 It's a pistol that backfires. 182 00:11:34,092 --> 00:11:37,426 It hurts you more than the person you aim at. 183 00:11:39,967 --> 00:11:41,093 Excuse me. 184 00:11:41,925 --> 00:11:43,643 May I look? 185 00:11:48,133 --> 00:11:51,763 - Is it Paleo... - Paleolithic. 186 00:11:52,925 --> 00:11:54,472 And it's perfect. 187 00:11:56,342 --> 00:11:58,470 Making a cutting edge like this 188 00:11:58,633 --> 00:12:01,842 requires of a very sophisticated technique. 189 00:12:03,842 --> 00:12:04,843 Thank you. 190 00:12:05,050 --> 00:12:08,509 Please, where did you find it? 191 00:12:16,258 --> 00:12:17,350 Good morning. 192 00:12:17,550 --> 00:12:19,177 Modesto Cubillas. 193 00:12:19,342 --> 00:12:22,312 You remember, sir? I showed you the cave before. 194 00:12:22,467 --> 00:12:23,719 Yes, indeed. 195 00:12:23,842 --> 00:12:25,185 You found a way in... 196 00:12:25,592 --> 00:12:27,310 No, it was the dog. 197 00:12:28,050 --> 00:12:30,519 I'm hunting rabbits and he gets lost. 198 00:12:30,675 --> 00:12:32,723 Then I search all over and then... 199 00:12:32,842 --> 00:12:33,968 Woof, woof! 200 00:12:34,175 --> 00:12:35,677 I pull back these brambles 201 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,724 and see the rocks have fallen in. I put my head in and... 202 00:12:38,842 --> 00:12:41,265 "Are you there?" 203 00:12:42,300 --> 00:12:44,428 Up he jumps and licks my face, sir. 204 00:12:44,633 --> 00:12:45,930 Let me see this. 205 00:12:53,383 --> 00:12:54,851 Want to take a look? 206 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:03,768 Pedro, Nero, come here. 207 00:13:04,133 --> 00:13:05,476 Widen the entrance a little more. 208 00:13:06,258 --> 00:13:08,431 I would like to get in tomorrow. 209 00:13:10,717 --> 00:13:11,593 Thank you, gentlemen. 210 00:13:11,758 --> 00:13:12,975 Maria, let's go. 211 00:13:13,133 --> 00:13:14,976 - Bye, Maria. - Bye. 212 00:13:15,633 --> 00:13:17,385 They were big animals. 213 00:13:17,633 --> 00:13:20,182 The woolly mammoth was bigger than an elephant, 214 00:13:20,342 --> 00:13:23,266 the aurochs, a cow like a cart horse. 215 00:13:23,425 --> 00:13:24,051 Why? 216 00:13:24,258 --> 00:13:27,967 It was very cold, the end of the Ice Age. 217 00:13:33,967 --> 00:13:35,219 It's broken. 218 00:13:36,383 --> 00:13:39,432 See how they split the bone to reach the marrow fat, 219 00:13:39,592 --> 00:13:40,935 the richest part. 220 00:13:42,050 --> 00:13:43,472 Where did you find it? 221 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:44,847 There. 222 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,019 Moving pictures! 223 00:15:26,133 --> 00:15:27,555 Maria? 224 00:15:29,842 --> 00:15:31,264 Maria! 225 00:15:43,550 --> 00:15:45,473 Oxen, Papa, oxen! 226 00:15:46,217 --> 00:15:47,560 Look, Papa. 227 00:15:47,675 --> 00:15:50,474 - Dancing drawings, papa. - Let's go back. It's cold in here. 228 00:15:50,633 --> 00:15:53,102 No! See? They move. 229 00:15:53,258 --> 00:15:55,010 Let's see, my dear. What moves? 230 00:15:55,758 --> 00:15:57,055 The stones! 231 00:15:57,258 --> 00:15:59,761 What is it? The stones look like oxen? 232 00:15:59,925 --> 00:16:01,802 No, look. 233 00:16:19,508 --> 00:16:21,135 There are many. 234 00:16:30,258 --> 00:16:31,726 It's wet. 235 00:16:32,383 --> 00:16:33,555 Wet. 236 00:16:37,633 --> 00:16:38,976 What is this? 237 00:16:39,175 --> 00:16:41,303 It's a whole herd, Papa. 238 00:16:41,467 --> 00:16:45,677 This one's standing and this one isn't finished yet. 239 00:16:49,008 --> 00:16:50,851 - Who painted them, Papa? - I don't know. 240 00:16:51,050 --> 00:16:52,347 Was it the primitives? 241 00:16:53,050 --> 00:16:54,973 I don't know, Maria. 242 00:17:23,175 --> 00:17:25,519 "Sealed up like a tomb"? 243 00:17:25,925 --> 00:17:27,802 And you let our daughter go inside? 244 00:17:28,008 --> 00:17:30,477 It was thousands of years ago, a landslide. 245 00:17:30,633 --> 00:17:33,762 There could be another landslide at any moment. 246 00:17:34,258 --> 00:17:35,635 How could you...? 247 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,349 Do you forget what day it is tomorrow? 248 00:17:39,633 --> 00:17:41,601 Our baby's name day. 249 00:17:43,258 --> 00:17:45,306 Of course I don't forget. 250 00:17:47,175 --> 00:17:49,553 I know how you feel, my love, 251 00:17:50,008 --> 00:17:52,431 but if we took no risks at all, 252 00:17:52,592 --> 00:17:54,720 not even sensible, careful risks, 253 00:17:54,842 --> 00:17:56,810 our lives would be very poor. 254 00:17:56,967 --> 00:17:59,265 Maria made a real discovery today. 255 00:17:59,633 --> 00:18:02,807 The wall paintings in the church are very old. 256 00:18:02,967 --> 00:18:04,810 But these paintings are older, perhaps. 257 00:18:04,967 --> 00:18:05,763 How old? 258 00:18:06,133 --> 00:18:08,101 Ten thousand years. Maybe more. 259 00:18:08,717 --> 00:18:13,143 This is even before the time of Adam and Eve. How can that be? 260 00:18:14,592 --> 00:18:17,596 You truly believe your cave people could have been painters? 261 00:18:17,717 --> 00:18:20,061 Whoever did this was a great artist. 262 00:18:20,217 --> 00:18:21,810 As great as any in history. 263 00:18:21,967 --> 00:18:23,219 Miss Maria. 264 00:18:23,383 --> 00:18:25,101 Conchita, it's a miracle. 265 00:18:25,300 --> 00:18:26,552 It's incredible. 266 00:18:26,675 --> 00:18:28,769 If I wouldn't have seen it with my own eyes... 267 00:18:28,925 --> 00:18:30,677 I have to talk Professor Vilanova. 268 00:18:30,967 --> 00:18:33,937 And then we should get in contact with Cartailhac. 269 00:18:34,092 --> 00:18:36,561 - This discovery is worthy of his genius. - Enough! 270 00:18:37,758 --> 00:18:39,806 - Yes, Cartailhac. - Maria! 271 00:18:43,300 --> 00:18:47,180 My discovery is worthy of Cartailhac's genius. 272 00:18:47,342 --> 00:18:48,844 What do you say to that? 273 00:18:49,342 --> 00:18:51,140 Never heard of him. 274 00:18:54,633 --> 00:18:57,307 Papa told you about the oxen? 275 00:18:57,508 --> 00:18:59,727 Yes. And that you found them. 276 00:18:59,842 --> 00:19:01,844 You're not cross with me? 277 00:19:02,008 --> 00:19:03,976 Of course not, darling. 278 00:19:07,592 --> 00:19:11,426 And you're not cross with Papa about Adam and Eve? 279 00:19:12,925 --> 00:19:15,269 Don't worry about such things. 280 00:19:15,675 --> 00:19:17,177 Go to sleep. 281 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:56,770 Paleolithic, Palaeolithic. 282 00:21:22,008 --> 00:21:25,717 Will you show me your "long haired oxen", young lady? 283 00:21:26,008 --> 00:21:29,137 They aren't hairy oxen, Professor, 284 00:21:29,300 --> 00:21:33,726 but bison which inhabited this region during the Ice Age. 285 00:21:33,842 --> 00:21:35,685 Ahah! A young archaeologist. 286 00:21:44,842 --> 00:21:46,560 Look at this. 287 00:21:47,383 --> 00:21:49,181 And over here. 288 00:21:53,717 --> 00:21:55,310 Look at this. 289 00:21:57,008 --> 00:21:59,181 Look at his head. 290 00:22:01,217 --> 00:22:03,720 It looks as if it were painted yesterday. 291 00:22:03,925 --> 00:22:06,553 I wonder if this dark cave may have preserved them 292 00:22:06,675 --> 00:22:08,348 perfectly down the centuries. 293 00:22:08,508 --> 00:22:11,557 Dating the work is problematic without geological layers. 294 00:22:11,717 --> 00:22:13,640 The cave was sealed and we have found 295 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,098 nothing more recent than the Upper Paleolithic, 296 00:22:16,508 --> 00:22:18,602 10.000 years by your calculations. 297 00:22:18,758 --> 00:22:22,513 There are carvings and engravings from this period 298 00:22:22,717 --> 00:22:26,096 but they're small, portable, much like the work of primitive peoples today. 299 00:22:26,258 --> 00:22:27,475 Nothing like this. 300 00:22:27,592 --> 00:22:31,347 We found this shell just there by the wall. 301 00:22:33,425 --> 00:22:35,348 Traces of colour. 302 00:22:36,467 --> 00:22:38,640 Which could be red ochre. 303 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:40,723 Yes, yes, it's quite possible. 304 00:22:47,550 --> 00:22:50,520 So, Professor Vilanova, what is your opinion? 305 00:22:52,508 --> 00:22:54,636 I've never seen anything like it: 306 00:22:55,175 --> 00:22:57,348 I don't believe anyone has. 307 00:22:57,550 --> 00:23:01,430 It simply doesn't fit our ideas of Prehistoric Man. 308 00:23:01,550 --> 00:23:03,723 Perhaps all our ideas are wrong. 309 00:23:10,925 --> 00:23:12,552 Gentlemen, please! 310 00:23:12,758 --> 00:23:14,852 Respect for our distinguished visitor. 311 00:23:16,508 --> 00:23:20,593 Some of you have yourselves seen the evidence of the cave: 312 00:23:21,092 --> 00:23:25,393 a polychrome wall painting of extinct creatures 313 00:23:25,508 --> 00:23:27,510 in pristine condition. 314 00:23:27,633 --> 00:23:29,635 There is no other example 315 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,724 of such work from the Paleolithic Era anywhere. 316 00:23:32,842 --> 00:23:34,765 Because they aren't Paleolithic. 317 00:23:36,425 --> 00:23:37,768 Sir. 318 00:23:39,425 --> 00:23:41,974 This is Paleolithic. 319 00:23:46,842 --> 00:23:51,143 And... this is Paleolithic. 320 00:23:53,008 --> 00:23:54,681 I have an extensive collection 321 00:23:55,717 --> 00:23:58,220 which the Council is very welcome to see, 322 00:23:58,383 --> 00:24:01,683 having made Prehistory my study for several years. 323 00:24:02,342 --> 00:24:05,926 I realise this is a profoundly shocking discovery. 324 00:24:06,092 --> 00:24:08,641 Or an absurd mistake which will make us Cantabrians 325 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,223 the laughing stock throughout the world. 326 00:24:11,383 --> 00:24:15,058 May I ask, sir, how you would account for the paintings? 327 00:24:17,550 --> 00:24:18,767 Certainly. 328 00:24:28,175 --> 00:24:30,223 They are the work 329 00:24:30,550 --> 00:24:32,393 of runaway slaves 330 00:24:32,717 --> 00:24:35,641 when this was a Roman province 331 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,973 some two thousand years ago. 332 00:24:38,175 --> 00:24:40,394 No doubt this beasts 333 00:24:40,758 --> 00:24:43,841 were still prevalent in their barbarian homeland. 334 00:24:44,008 --> 00:24:47,342 There isn't one shred of evidence to support that. 335 00:24:47,508 --> 00:24:50,933 There's nothing in the cave less than ten thousand years old. 336 00:24:51,092 --> 00:24:54,221 Nothing that you've presented, 337 00:24:54,383 --> 00:24:55,851 but how can we be sure? 338 00:24:56,050 --> 00:24:58,098 Do you think I would distort the evidence? 339 00:25:00,133 --> 00:25:00,759 Sir? 340 00:25:00,925 --> 00:25:03,644 Gentlemen, please! Allow the Professor to finish. 341 00:25:07,592 --> 00:25:12,598 I know what we are suggesting appears extraordinary 342 00:25:13,383 --> 00:25:14,851 but these are the facts. 343 00:25:15,383 --> 00:25:17,681 That's monkeys with paintbrushes! 344 00:25:20,925 --> 00:25:23,553 We believe that if the cave 345 00:25:24,550 --> 00:25:26,302 is properly cared for, 346 00:25:27,258 --> 00:25:30,717 the international experts we have invited to see the paintings 347 00:25:30,842 --> 00:25:33,140 will share our view 348 00:25:33,342 --> 00:25:35,811 that this discovery, 349 00:25:36,300 --> 00:25:38,177 in our province, 350 00:25:38,342 --> 00:25:42,677 is of enormous significance in the History of Mankind. 351 00:25:57,175 --> 00:25:59,348 - Isn't that the wife? - Yes. 352 00:26:00,008 --> 00:26:01,601 A good woman, 353 00:26:01,758 --> 00:26:03,226 devout, 354 00:26:03,633 --> 00:26:06,637 a great supporter of our church. 355 00:26:08,633 --> 00:26:11,307 She must be in need of guidance. 356 00:26:19,175 --> 00:26:20,848 Extraordinary. 357 00:26:21,008 --> 00:26:22,476 Consider this: 358 00:26:22,633 --> 00:26:26,558 a complete novice takes up the latest Paris fashion 359 00:26:26,717 --> 00:26:30,472 and immediately it makes an "extraordinary" discovery on his very doorstep. 360 00:26:31,133 --> 00:26:33,852 Don't you smell a fish? 361 00:26:35,050 --> 00:26:38,259 Professor Vilanova is a true friend of the Church. 362 00:26:38,633 --> 00:26:42,718 He exposed the wild assumptions made by the Darwinists 363 00:26:42,842 --> 00:26:44,765 to support their theory. 364 00:26:44,925 --> 00:26:49,010 I am surprised he should be party to such rash speculation. 365 00:26:49,175 --> 00:26:50,722 Exactly. 366 00:26:50,842 --> 00:26:54,597 Only a child could be taken in by such nonsense. 367 00:26:54,758 --> 00:26:56,351 "Oh, my clever papa!" 368 00:26:56,467 --> 00:26:57,559 Excuse me. 369 00:26:57,758 --> 00:27:00,637 Father Tomas, Monsignor. I hope you don't think... 370 00:27:00,842 --> 00:27:02,765 Tush, tush. 371 00:27:02,967 --> 00:27:05,595 Glory, glory, my child. 372 00:27:07,050 --> 00:27:08,973 You'll come to me. 373 00:27:21,842 --> 00:27:24,391 Listen to this. Tablanca writes: 374 00:27:24,633 --> 00:27:28,638 "Sautuola seems more interested in personal glory 375 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,303 than allowing proper investigation." 376 00:27:31,425 --> 00:27:34,053 Who is this Tablanca? 377 00:27:34,425 --> 00:27:36,519 His column is very popular. 378 00:27:37,008 --> 00:27:39,807 A moral commentary on affairs of the day. 379 00:27:41,008 --> 00:27:44,638 An immoral commentary. Every word is twisted. 380 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,973 No reply from Cartailhac. 381 00:27:50,425 --> 00:27:53,019 Perhaps he disagrees with you. 382 00:27:57,508 --> 00:28:00,057 No one can believe it till they see them. 383 00:28:05,133 --> 00:28:06,510 You know? 384 00:28:06,675 --> 00:28:08,143 I was thinking 385 00:28:08,842 --> 00:28:13,177 if I sent some well-executed paintings. 386 00:28:13,342 --> 00:28:17,176 My rough sketches give no idea of the colours, the artistry. 387 00:28:18,425 --> 00:28:21,269 That painter you have working at the church, 388 00:28:22,092 --> 00:28:23,184 what's his name again? 389 00:28:23,342 --> 00:28:25,060 Paul? 390 00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:26,347 Paul Ratier. 391 00:28:26,842 --> 00:28:28,719 You want me to ask him? 392 00:28:32,258 --> 00:28:33,225 Yes. 393 00:28:40,008 --> 00:28:41,555 Monsieur Ratier. 394 00:28:42,008 --> 00:28:44,636 - Madame, what a pleasure. - Good day. 395 00:28:45,258 --> 00:28:46,680 How is our mother, Eve? 396 00:28:46,842 --> 00:28:49,186 Very cheerful 397 00:28:49,342 --> 00:28:52,425 for someone about to bring disaster on all Mankind. 398 00:28:52,925 --> 00:28:54,848 Just wonder if I should lessen her smile? 399 00:28:56,592 --> 00:28:59,141 It's her last moment safe in the Bliss of God. 400 00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:01,803 Don't take that from her. 401 00:29:03,217 --> 00:29:06,426 - I knew you would have the answer. - Are you allowed to change it? 402 00:29:06,592 --> 00:29:10,096 Maria, I am sure Monsieur Ratier knows what he is doing. 403 00:29:10,258 --> 00:29:11,475 No, it's a good question. 404 00:29:11,633 --> 00:29:13,806 Sometimes a painting is so faded or broken 405 00:29:13,967 --> 00:29:15,640 it's hard to know what was intended. 406 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,144 You see here, at the corner of her mouth. 407 00:29:18,425 --> 00:29:21,634 Is that a curving lip or a crack in the plaster? 408 00:29:22,133 --> 00:29:24,010 But you'll be changing History. 409 00:29:25,092 --> 00:29:27,015 Well, improving it a little. 410 00:29:28,175 --> 00:29:30,553 Did you come to see Father Tomas? I think he's in the sacristy. 411 00:29:30,717 --> 00:29:34,301 No, it's you I wanted to see. 412 00:29:37,508 --> 00:29:38,384 Me? 413 00:29:39,467 --> 00:29:41,390 Isn't he handsome?! 414 00:29:41,633 --> 00:29:43,601 Maria Justina! 415 00:29:44,175 --> 00:29:46,177 It's a plain fact, Mama. 416 00:29:46,342 --> 00:29:49,551 One need not be afraid of stating facts. 417 00:29:49,717 --> 00:29:53,392 A lady should avoid stating facts whenever possible. 418 00:29:53,508 --> 00:29:55,385 It's most unbecoming. 419 00:29:55,550 --> 00:29:59,680 Did you know that earthworms can dig up to six feet underground? 420 00:29:59,842 --> 00:30:01,219 Really? 421 00:30:01,383 --> 00:30:03,636 That's what Mr. Darwin says. 422 00:30:04,175 --> 00:30:05,427 Did your father tell you that? 423 00:30:05,592 --> 00:30:07,640 Only about the earthworms. 424 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,848 He never tells me anything about Evolution 425 00:30:10,008 --> 00:30:12,386 and those things you fight about. 426 00:30:13,508 --> 00:30:15,010 Wait here. 427 00:30:19,425 --> 00:30:22,224 The Bible speaks clearly about Adam and Eve. 428 00:30:22,383 --> 00:30:23,430 Correct. 429 00:30:23,592 --> 00:30:26,015 And who gave you your power of reason? 430 00:30:26,842 --> 00:30:27,934 God. 431 00:30:28,133 --> 00:30:30,352 So how could they be in conflict? 432 00:30:30,467 --> 00:30:34,517 If Faith and Reason seem at odds, isn't terribly important. 433 00:30:34,675 --> 00:30:36,769 Our Holy Father instructs us 434 00:30:36,925 --> 00:30:41,806 that False Opinion has taken the place of True Reason. 435 00:30:42,467 --> 00:30:46,142 I think of Galileo and his punishment by the Church, 436 00:30:46,300 --> 00:30:48,018 which now we know to have been wrong. 437 00:30:48,175 --> 00:30:49,301 Quite so, 438 00:30:49,425 --> 00:30:53,805 Galileo revealed the true workings of the Divine Universe, 439 00:30:54,217 --> 00:30:57,346 but for the Darwinists here is no Divine Being, 440 00:30:57,842 --> 00:31:01,016 no plan for Humanity or Creation, 441 00:31:01,175 --> 00:31:04,429 only the random workings of Nature, 442 00:31:04,633 --> 00:31:07,102 poorly described by Science. 443 00:31:07,508 --> 00:31:09,852 As we understand more, 444 00:31:10,008 --> 00:31:12,136 might not they too be proved right? 445 00:31:12,300 --> 00:31:15,383 This is not about the orbit of Earth and Sun, 446 00:31:15,550 --> 00:31:21,011 this is Man setting his puny intellect against the majesty of God. 447 00:31:21,217 --> 00:31:22,594 Rationalism... 448 00:31:23,008 --> 00:31:27,138 seeks to destroy the deepest foundations of human society: 449 00:31:27,300 --> 00:31:29,769 Love, Honour, Family. 450 00:31:29,925 --> 00:31:33,054 What use for them in a purely rational world? 451 00:31:34,842 --> 00:31:37,186 I do worry that Maria... 452 00:31:37,342 --> 00:31:40,516 My husband... He takes such a part in her education... 453 00:31:40,925 --> 00:31:42,552 My dear child, 454 00:31:43,217 --> 00:31:45,515 I share your concerns. 455 00:31:49,050 --> 00:31:50,597 Deeply. 456 00:32:06,508 --> 00:32:07,976 Who made the world? 457 00:32:08,175 --> 00:32:09,597 God made the world. 458 00:32:09,758 --> 00:32:10,429 Who is God? 459 00:32:10,592 --> 00:32:13,596 God is the Creator of Heaven and Earth 460 00:32:13,758 --> 00:32:15,351 and of all things. 461 00:32:15,508 --> 00:32:16,930 What is Man? 462 00:32:17,092 --> 00:32:20,596 Man is a creature composed of body and soul, 463 00:32:20,758 --> 00:32:23,011 made in the image of God. 464 00:32:24,092 --> 00:32:26,686 Why did God make you, Maria? 465 00:32:26,842 --> 00:32:29,641 God made me to know Him, to love Him 466 00:32:30,050 --> 00:32:32,348 and to serve Him in this world. 467 00:32:33,550 --> 00:32:35,598 And does God want you to serve Him 468 00:32:36,258 --> 00:32:38,135 with half of your wits? 469 00:32:38,550 --> 00:32:40,097 With one hand in the air? 470 00:32:40,342 --> 00:32:41,514 No, Father. 471 00:32:41,675 --> 00:32:44,394 No, He does not. 472 00:32:44,592 --> 00:32:47,186 I was admiring his Creation, Father. 473 00:32:47,300 --> 00:32:50,349 Did you know the very same bones we have in our hands 474 00:32:50,508 --> 00:32:53,102 are in dolphins' flippers and bats' wings? 475 00:32:53,258 --> 00:32:54,851 Isn't that marvellous? 476 00:33:04,092 --> 00:33:06,845 - Who made the world? - God made the world. 477 00:33:07,050 --> 00:33:08,097 Who is God? 478 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:33,302 That's not good. 479 00:33:34,133 --> 00:33:35,430 Your wife? 480 00:33:35,633 --> 00:33:36,805 She sounds good to me. 481 00:33:36,967 --> 00:33:38,514 Scarlatti. 482 00:33:38,925 --> 00:33:40,598 Only in times of strife. 483 00:33:41,092 --> 00:33:42,469 Wagner is the worst though. 484 00:33:43,217 --> 00:33:44,719 Then it's better not to be here! 485 00:33:45,217 --> 00:33:46,469 Thank you for the warning. 486 00:33:47,467 --> 00:33:48,969 A bowl? 487 00:33:49,175 --> 00:33:50,722 A discus? 488 00:33:53,967 --> 00:33:56,311 We are groping in the dark. 489 00:34:29,383 --> 00:34:31,602 Paleolithic. Paleolithic. 490 00:35:06,842 --> 00:35:09,140 Professor Vilanova, Monsieur Paul Ratier. 491 00:35:09,300 --> 00:35:10,847 - How do you do, sir? - A great artist. 492 00:35:11,217 --> 00:35:13,219 Perhaps you can persuade my wife 493 00:35:13,342 --> 00:35:15,140 to come and seethe real thing. 494 00:35:15,592 --> 00:35:17,139 I don't think so, no. 495 00:35:17,925 --> 00:35:18,972 Please, come in. 496 00:35:20,342 --> 00:35:23,642 Like this they seem random but each one is placed carefully 497 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,269 in exact relation to the rock formation. 498 00:35:28,008 --> 00:35:30,511 What of the quality? As an artist, 499 00:35:30,925 --> 00:35:32,427 what's your opinion? 500 00:35:33,758 --> 00:35:35,260 To be honest, 501 00:35:36,175 --> 00:35:38,223 I find them astonishing. 502 00:35:38,550 --> 00:35:41,679 There is an understanding of movement, an energy, 503 00:35:41,842 --> 00:35:44,971 a direct observation of Nature that seems wholly modern. 504 00:35:45,717 --> 00:35:49,517 I have to rethink everything I had assumed about art. 505 00:35:49,675 --> 00:35:51,427 This is quite a shock. 506 00:35:51,592 --> 00:35:53,811 Hardly the work of monkeys then? 507 00:35:53,967 --> 00:35:55,264 Certainly not. 508 00:35:55,383 --> 00:35:57,351 Do you see, dear lady, what this means? 509 00:35:57,633 --> 00:35:59,385 Ten thousand years ago 510 00:35:59,550 --> 00:36:02,144 Mankind was as we are now, 511 00:36:02,258 --> 00:36:05,137 created with a soul in God's image. 512 00:36:05,258 --> 00:36:08,182 We have not evolved into Humanity, 513 00:36:08,425 --> 00:36:10,348 we have always been so. 514 00:36:10,508 --> 00:36:14,342 Do you think that the paintings might be in accord with our faith? 515 00:36:14,508 --> 00:36:16,181 Faith and True Reason. 516 00:36:16,300 --> 00:36:17,677 Conchita, my dear. 517 00:36:18,342 --> 00:36:20,640 If we are correct, 518 00:36:21,258 --> 00:36:23,636 then, the Primitive Man, 519 00:36:24,342 --> 00:36:29,644 at this time had the ability to describe what he saw in paint. 520 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,427 That's all we know. 521 00:36:31,633 --> 00:36:35,263 We shouldn't try to fit the facts to a set of beliefs. 522 00:36:37,175 --> 00:36:40,224 We have to wait for Cartailhac. 523 00:36:40,342 --> 00:36:42,811 If the mountain will not come to Mahomet... 524 00:36:43,467 --> 00:36:44,969 With your permission 525 00:36:45,300 --> 00:36:48,099 I would like to present our findings 526 00:36:48,258 --> 00:36:51,592 at the International Conference of Prehistory in Lisbon 527 00:36:51,758 --> 00:36:53,305 next month. 528 00:36:53,508 --> 00:36:55,931 It will be easy for the delegates to come here afterwards. 529 00:36:56,092 --> 00:36:58,094 - You'll do that? Really? - Of course. 530 00:37:00,592 --> 00:37:03,675 - Thank you, my friend. - And you should come. 531 00:37:04,383 --> 00:37:05,726 Thank you. 532 00:37:07,383 --> 00:37:08,930 Conchita, 533 00:37:14,092 --> 00:37:15,969 you think... 534 00:37:16,758 --> 00:37:20,592 you think Religion and Science 535 00:37:20,758 --> 00:37:22,852 can't coexist, right? 536 00:37:23,050 --> 00:37:24,267 Right? 537 00:37:25,342 --> 00:37:26,594 My love, 538 00:37:28,550 --> 00:37:29,972 imagine... 539 00:37:30,508 --> 00:37:33,842 imagine that I am Science 540 00:37:36,008 --> 00:37:37,931 and you 541 00:37:38,092 --> 00:37:39,469 are Religion. 542 00:37:40,675 --> 00:37:41,767 Yes. 543 00:37:53,342 --> 00:37:55,219 I don't know if that's Science, 544 00:37:55,383 --> 00:37:58,262 but it is definitely not Religion. 545 00:38:02,633 --> 00:38:05,432 Water is denser than air, 546 00:38:05,592 --> 00:38:08,596 so as the light passes through each drop, 547 00:38:09,050 --> 00:38:11,394 it bends, the colours split 548 00:38:12,217 --> 00:38:14,094 and we see a rainbow. 549 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:18,850 So Noah's rainbow was only reflections, not a promise? 550 00:38:19,425 --> 00:38:22,508 If we explore the mystery of Creation, 551 00:38:23,133 --> 00:38:25,261 discovering how it works, 552 00:38:25,967 --> 00:38:27,844 does that destroy its wonder? 553 00:38:28,008 --> 00:38:31,842 You know that a piece of music is made of notes, chords, 554 00:38:32,008 --> 00:38:35,474 crotchets and rests, but that doesn't stop it sounding lovely 555 00:38:35,675 --> 00:38:38,428 or inspiring beautiful thoughts. 556 00:38:38,592 --> 00:38:41,015 It does when I have to learn it. 557 00:38:41,633 --> 00:38:44,307 - My dear. - This came by special messenger. 558 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,222 From Cartailhac? 559 00:38:48,092 --> 00:38:50,470 Open it, Papa, open it. 560 00:38:50,633 --> 00:38:51,555 Please. 561 00:38:58,675 --> 00:39:00,518 It seems that... 562 00:39:01,050 --> 00:39:02,677 His Majesty, 563 00:39:03,258 --> 00:39:04,851 holidaying in the region, 564 00:39:05,050 --> 00:39:06,518 would like to see the paintings. 565 00:39:06,675 --> 00:39:10,054 - The King! Oh, Papa! - Precisely. 566 00:39:10,175 --> 00:39:12,223 The King! Alfonso XII. 567 00:39:22,342 --> 00:39:24,140 This are our workers. 568 00:39:24,550 --> 00:39:26,177 Very good work. 569 00:39:26,300 --> 00:39:27,472 Congratulations. 570 00:39:27,675 --> 00:39:31,600 Beg pardon, but this is the dog that found the cave. 571 00:39:31,758 --> 00:39:33,180 And I am the dog's owner. 572 00:39:33,300 --> 00:39:34,552 So by rights I should get... 573 00:39:34,717 --> 00:39:37,266 Please, there is nothing to worry about. 574 00:39:37,425 --> 00:39:38,927 It is only a sheep dog. 575 00:39:39,133 --> 00:39:40,851 A now royal sheep dog. 576 00:39:41,342 --> 00:39:42,343 A dog! 577 00:39:42,508 --> 00:39:45,682 Yes, it was sheer fluke this discovery. 578 00:39:45,842 --> 00:39:49,301 De Los Rios, your most humble servant. 579 00:39:50,133 --> 00:39:51,430 As you may know, Your Majesty, 580 00:39:51,633 --> 00:39:55,137 I myself have made many important finds in the region. 581 00:39:55,258 --> 00:39:56,305 Marquesa! 582 00:39:57,925 --> 00:40:00,678 Sir, this is my wife, Conchita. 583 00:40:01,133 --> 00:40:02,601 - Señora Sautuola. - Your Majesty. 584 00:40:02,758 --> 00:40:05,261 Your husband has given Spain something to be proud of. 585 00:40:05,842 --> 00:40:08,311 The whole world must know of this. 586 00:40:08,467 --> 00:40:09,684 Thank you, sir. 587 00:40:09,842 --> 00:40:11,936 And you must be the little bull-finder. 588 00:40:12,092 --> 00:40:13,059 Bravo! 589 00:40:14,342 --> 00:40:16,185 A photograph, please. 590 00:40:16,675 --> 00:40:17,847 Come along. 591 00:40:20,633 --> 00:40:21,600 Don Marcelino, 592 00:40:21,758 --> 00:40:24,728 congratulations once again in your important discovery. 593 00:40:24,842 --> 00:40:26,560 Long live to the King! 594 00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:41,302 I was just thinking, 595 00:40:41,467 --> 00:40:43,811 before it was our secret. 596 00:40:44,508 --> 00:40:47,432 When you go to Lisbon and tell Monsieur Cartailhac 597 00:40:47,592 --> 00:40:49,265 everyone will know. 598 00:40:49,842 --> 00:40:54,143 But it's good to share knowledge, isn't it? 599 00:40:54,508 --> 00:40:55,851 Yes. 600 00:40:58,550 --> 00:41:00,268 Listen, Maria, 601 00:41:00,467 --> 00:41:03,437 When I first visited the cave, 602 00:41:03,633 --> 00:41:05,635 I saw nothing. 603 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:09,850 When I went back, we discovered the bison. 604 00:41:10,050 --> 00:41:13,099 Now, what was the difference? 605 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:17,428 You went to Paris and learned from Monsieur Cartailhac. 606 00:41:18,383 --> 00:41:19,430 No. 607 00:41:20,592 --> 00:41:24,847 The difference was that you were there. 608 00:41:26,133 --> 00:41:29,342 You looked without prejudice. 609 00:41:31,050 --> 00:41:34,259 It will always be your discovery, Maria. 610 00:41:41,550 --> 00:41:42,642 Shall we? 611 00:41:44,258 --> 00:41:45,430 My lady. 612 00:42:20,508 --> 00:42:22,931 Monsieur Ratier. 613 00:42:39,008 --> 00:42:40,385 Monsignor. 614 00:42:41,092 --> 00:42:42,469 Isn't it good? 615 00:42:42,633 --> 00:42:43,429 Very good. 616 00:42:43,633 --> 00:42:46,386 We made a wise choice in Monsieur Ratier. 617 00:42:47,217 --> 00:42:49,845 I'm sorry you missed the King's visit. 618 00:42:50,050 --> 00:42:52,644 More excitement than any of us can remember. 619 00:42:53,383 --> 00:42:55,681 You enjoyed yourself, I'm glad. 620 00:42:55,842 --> 00:42:58,391 But beware vainglory. 621 00:42:58,550 --> 00:43:01,599 Pride, intellectual pride or... 622 00:43:02,050 --> 00:43:04,678 a desire for worldly honour 623 00:43:04,842 --> 00:43:06,719 is a trap 624 00:43:06,842 --> 00:43:08,594 for the most pious. 625 00:43:08,925 --> 00:43:11,804 Remember the Scribes and Pharisees. 626 00:43:30,758 --> 00:43:33,136 Is this good enough for Lisbon next week? 627 00:43:33,633 --> 00:43:35,931 Do you still need to go? 628 00:43:36,092 --> 00:43:37,594 Now the King has been. 629 00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:40,849 It's the largest ever conference of Prehistory. 630 00:43:41,842 --> 00:43:45,722 Professor Vilanova does me great honour to invite me. 631 00:43:45,842 --> 00:43:47,719 And they'll come on here? 632 00:43:48,633 --> 00:43:51,102 To begin the proper work of examination, yes. 633 00:43:52,425 --> 00:43:54,143 They are atheists. 634 00:43:54,342 --> 00:43:56,811 It's a scientific meeting. 635 00:43:57,175 --> 00:43:59,803 We don't discuss such questions. 636 00:44:00,342 --> 00:44:03,391 What more can you need to know? 637 00:44:05,175 --> 00:44:07,052 Everything. 638 00:44:07,675 --> 00:44:09,052 Everything. 639 00:44:10,133 --> 00:44:12,181 How were they achieved? 640 00:44:13,008 --> 00:44:14,635 Were paintings common, 641 00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:17,849 but all lost or undiscovered until now? 642 00:44:19,050 --> 00:44:21,553 Or is this the work of a lone genius, 643 00:44:21,717 --> 00:44:25,267 the Leonardo of the Paleolithic? 644 00:44:26,133 --> 00:44:28,511 The paintings are of bison, 645 00:44:28,717 --> 00:44:33,143 yet we haven't found one single bison bone fragment 646 00:44:33,300 --> 00:44:34,677 in the cave. 647 00:44:34,842 --> 00:44:36,640 What was their purpose? 648 00:44:37,967 --> 00:44:40,561 Are we looking at a history? 649 00:44:41,092 --> 00:44:42,765 Celebration? 650 00:44:42,925 --> 00:44:44,393 Religion? 651 00:44:44,967 --> 00:44:47,641 Do you agree with Professor Vilanova? 652 00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:50,679 You want to find the souls of your cavemen. 653 00:44:50,842 --> 00:44:53,095 I want to understand the evidence. 654 00:44:55,675 --> 00:44:57,518 You should come to church. 655 00:45:21,092 --> 00:45:22,594 F sharp! 656 00:45:22,758 --> 00:45:23,975 F sharp. 657 00:45:25,217 --> 00:45:26,594 Pay attention. 658 00:45:32,383 --> 00:45:33,726 Mama. 659 00:45:35,092 --> 00:45:38,551 Monsieur Paul said I could go drawing with him. 660 00:45:38,967 --> 00:45:40,139 May I? 661 00:45:40,300 --> 00:45:43,429 Drawing? Yes, I suppose so. 662 00:45:43,592 --> 00:45:46,391 But I don't want you in that cave anymore. Don't be long. 663 00:45:46,550 --> 00:45:48,143 Yes, mama. 664 00:45:55,675 --> 00:45:58,019 Do you know how to do that? 665 00:45:59,758 --> 00:46:01,260 What are you doing? 666 00:46:01,842 --> 00:46:04,061 We need colours to paint. 667 00:46:06,008 --> 00:46:09,387 Did you know the world used to be frozen all over, 668 00:46:09,550 --> 00:46:11,143 even the seas? 669 00:46:11,842 --> 00:46:14,436 So I could have walked from here to America? 670 00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:16,143 Skated. 671 00:46:16,300 --> 00:46:17,847 Do you want to go to America? 672 00:46:18,050 --> 00:46:19,302 Doesn't everyone? 673 00:46:19,467 --> 00:46:21,310 Mama and Papa don't. 674 00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:23,518 They have everything they want here. 675 00:46:23,675 --> 00:46:24,801 Don't you? 676 00:46:27,092 --> 00:46:29,936 Me encanta tener una guía tan experta como tú, pero... 677 00:46:30,217 --> 00:46:32,595 I hope I'm not taking you from your lessons. 678 00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:35,974 Papa thinks the best way to learn is by doing. 679 00:46:36,592 --> 00:46:37,764 He's right. 680 00:46:38,592 --> 00:46:40,640 He's a very wise man, you know? 681 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:42,848 Was your father a painter? 682 00:46:43,550 --> 00:46:44,472 And his father too. 683 00:46:45,133 --> 00:46:49,092 Perhaps your great great great great great great grandfather 684 00:46:49,300 --> 00:46:50,973 was a cave painter? 685 00:46:53,633 --> 00:46:55,806 I never thought about that. 686 00:46:55,967 --> 00:46:57,469 I like the idea. 687 00:46:58,258 --> 00:46:59,475 Let's make a cave painting. 688 00:47:03,633 --> 00:47:06,386 The cave master must have planned it very well. 689 00:47:11,758 --> 00:47:13,055 I can't. 690 00:47:13,258 --> 00:47:14,726 Of course you can. 691 00:47:15,467 --> 00:47:18,141 Painting is looking. That is all. 692 00:47:20,925 --> 00:47:23,769 You know? You'll always be the girl 693 00:47:23,925 --> 00:47:26,474 who discovered the oldest paintings in the world. 694 00:47:26,633 --> 00:47:29,682 Not many people do anything in their whole life that comes close to that. 695 00:47:31,425 --> 00:47:33,553 Let alone at nine years old. 696 00:47:34,258 --> 00:47:36,260 Is it true? Tell me. 697 00:47:36,425 --> 00:47:37,426 Yes. 698 00:47:37,842 --> 00:47:38,968 Try it. 699 00:47:43,217 --> 00:47:44,764 This is too much. 700 00:47:44,925 --> 00:47:46,427 I'll give you some. 701 00:47:47,175 --> 00:47:48,768 It's late. 702 00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:51,518 I must go home. 703 00:47:57,258 --> 00:47:58,510 Hide your hands. 704 00:48:01,258 --> 00:48:02,760 Good evening, sir. 705 00:48:10,175 --> 00:48:11,552 What a face! 706 00:48:11,758 --> 00:48:12,975 I would like to paint him. 707 00:48:13,092 --> 00:48:16,221 He's a horrid old cave bear! 708 00:48:25,133 --> 00:48:27,010 - Oh, no! - What? 709 00:48:27,383 --> 00:48:28,930 Wagner. 710 00:48:36,550 --> 00:48:37,676 Thank you. 711 00:48:39,758 --> 00:48:41,305 Maria! Maria! 712 00:48:44,592 --> 00:48:46,094 Bravo! 713 00:48:46,258 --> 00:48:47,805 Au revoir. 714 00:49:29,758 --> 00:49:31,305 That's what I have been told. 715 00:49:32,175 --> 00:49:34,553 That your husband does not believe in the Bible. 716 00:49:35,717 --> 00:49:38,971 That he's using the paintings to harm the Church. 717 00:49:39,133 --> 00:49:40,350 He would never... 718 00:49:40,508 --> 00:49:42,681 He doesn't think like that, Elena. 719 00:49:43,342 --> 00:49:44,810 I'm just telling you 720 00:49:44,967 --> 00:49:46,935 so it doesn't catch you unaware. 721 00:49:47,050 --> 00:49:48,222 Father Tomas. 722 00:49:48,383 --> 00:49:50,431 I am glad you are here, my child. 723 00:49:50,633 --> 00:49:51,976 I am always here, Father. 724 00:49:52,092 --> 00:49:54,094 You have been working for him in that cave. 725 00:49:54,675 --> 00:49:56,018 Don't deny it. 726 00:49:56,258 --> 00:50:00,343 The Monsignor has a special message from the Bishop, 727 00:50:00,508 --> 00:50:02,761 in the light of all the recent... 728 00:50:02,967 --> 00:50:04,560 disturbance. 729 00:50:05,342 --> 00:50:06,844 Your husband is coming? 730 00:50:07,008 --> 00:50:10,091 He's preparing his findings to present to the world's experts. 731 00:50:12,633 --> 00:50:14,977 For the greater glory of God. 732 00:50:16,175 --> 00:50:19,429 Beware those who fall into the Abyss 733 00:50:20,508 --> 00:50:23,352 of materialism and atheism. 734 00:50:23,508 --> 00:50:26,717 They labour to destroy the deepest foundations 735 00:50:27,425 --> 00:50:29,519 of human society. 736 00:50:30,050 --> 00:50:33,805 They call the Divine Scripture "mythology". 737 00:50:34,092 --> 00:50:36,561 They deny the Virgin Birth. 738 00:50:36,717 --> 00:50:38,560 They attack the Holy Family. 739 00:50:38,717 --> 00:50:40,264 Think then of the peril 740 00:50:40,425 --> 00:50:43,975 should your children be exposed to their heresy. 741 00:50:44,925 --> 00:50:48,600 These are grave and bitter evils. 742 00:50:48,842 --> 00:50:52,051 Anyone who does not confess 743 00:50:52,217 --> 00:50:54,936 that the world and all things in it 744 00:50:55,050 --> 00:50:58,304 are created for the glory of God, 745 00:51:02,175 --> 00:51:04,269 let him be anathema, 746 00:51:05,508 --> 00:51:07,510 cast out from the Church. 747 00:51:25,675 --> 00:51:27,473 I'm going to the cave. 748 00:51:47,550 --> 00:51:50,599 The primitives didn't have an easy life. 749 00:51:50,925 --> 00:51:53,599 No one has an easy life, Maria. 750 00:52:02,925 --> 00:52:04,142 Visitors. 751 00:52:06,050 --> 00:52:07,973 We were expecting you. 752 00:52:08,175 --> 00:52:09,722 Edouard Harlé, 753 00:52:10,425 --> 00:52:11,768 at your service. 754 00:52:12,925 --> 00:52:13,926 Sautuola. 755 00:52:14,092 --> 00:52:16,641 You have come on behalf of Monsieur Cartailhac? 756 00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:17,847 Oh, yes. 757 00:52:17,967 --> 00:52:20,641 You are very welcome. Very welcome indeed. 758 00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:22,928 You are on the way to Lisbon, to the conference. 759 00:52:23,092 --> 00:52:24,514 That's the one. 760 00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:25,517 Ratier. 761 00:52:29,467 --> 00:52:31,845 Please, won't you come in? 762 00:52:32,008 --> 00:52:34,511 It will give me great pleasure to show you the cave. 763 00:52:34,675 --> 00:52:38,179 I would prefer to see for myself, 764 00:52:38,383 --> 00:52:39,680 if you permit. 765 00:52:42,342 --> 00:52:43,844 As you wish, yes. 766 00:52:44,550 --> 00:52:45,847 Yes, please. 767 00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:49,143 You're gonna need this. 768 00:52:50,967 --> 00:52:52,435 Of course. 769 00:53:05,842 --> 00:53:07,844 Look at the depth of colour, 770 00:53:08,050 --> 00:53:09,802 the definition. 771 00:53:09,925 --> 00:53:12,849 There is no sign of weathering. 772 00:53:20,383 --> 00:53:23,353 The paint is actually fresh! 773 00:53:29,008 --> 00:53:30,134 Half an hour. 774 00:53:30,467 --> 00:53:31,969 What are they doing there? 775 00:53:33,883 --> 00:53:36,181 That's good, a deer. 776 00:53:36,342 --> 00:53:39,972 Whoever did paint this he has quite a talent. 777 00:53:40,425 --> 00:53:43,304 - Ratier. - But those tiny legs... 778 00:53:44,258 --> 00:53:47,387 He has the proportion all wrong. 779 00:53:48,092 --> 00:53:50,561 It is all too evident he has never seen an aurochs. 780 00:53:50,717 --> 00:53:52,640 It's not an aurochs. It's a bison! 781 00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:54,973 - Damn child again. - Who is she? 782 00:53:55,133 --> 00:53:56,555 What are you doing in here? 783 00:53:56,717 --> 00:53:59,015 You are spying. Out! Go on! 784 00:54:00,758 --> 00:54:01,759 Get out! 785 00:54:02,092 --> 00:54:03,639 What are you doing here? 786 00:54:04,842 --> 00:54:06,515 - This is my cave. - Get out! 787 00:54:06,675 --> 00:54:07,972 Go on! 788 00:54:08,467 --> 00:54:10,515 Typical crackpot nonsense, 789 00:54:10,675 --> 00:54:13,144 allowing a childplay in here. 790 00:54:13,300 --> 00:54:15,177 This child made the discovery. 791 00:54:15,342 --> 00:54:16,935 Whereas you, sir, 792 00:54:17,092 --> 00:54:18,685 no one invited you here. 793 00:54:18,842 --> 00:54:21,186 So take your malicious opinion and get out. 794 00:54:21,425 --> 00:54:22,677 Out! 795 00:54:30,842 --> 00:54:34,221 He's a liar. And the other one is an idiot who knows nothing! 796 00:54:34,383 --> 00:54:35,179 Enough. 797 00:54:35,342 --> 00:54:37,219 This is a very important visit 798 00:54:37,383 --> 00:54:39,306 and it must be conducted in a scientific manner. 799 00:54:39,467 --> 00:54:40,559 Sir, please. 800 00:54:40,717 --> 00:54:41,684 But they don't understand- 801 00:54:41,842 --> 00:54:43,310 Ratier, please take her outside. 802 00:54:43,467 --> 00:54:44,434 - Please, come. - They don't. 803 00:54:44,592 --> 00:54:45,764 Come with me. Come. 804 00:54:46,925 --> 00:54:48,051 Shut up! 805 00:54:48,717 --> 00:54:50,594 The rest of the cave. Sir, please. 806 00:55:14,342 --> 00:55:15,810 Were have you been? 807 00:55:18,550 --> 00:55:20,644 Maria, darling, are you alright? 808 00:55:56,008 --> 00:55:57,385 Papa! 809 00:56:55,508 --> 00:56:57,385 The air in that cave is bad. 810 00:56:57,550 --> 00:57:00,303 - It's an evil place. - There are other cases in town. 811 00:57:00,467 --> 00:57:04,017 - They haven't been in the cave. - Everyone's been in that hateful cave. 812 00:57:04,633 --> 00:57:06,135 See what you've done, 813 00:57:06,300 --> 00:57:08,223 digging up things best left alone! 814 00:57:08,383 --> 00:57:09,635 Best left alone. Why? 815 00:57:09,800 --> 00:57:12,269 So that we can continue in ignorance and error? 816 00:57:12,425 --> 00:57:14,143 You have no respect for the way things are. 817 00:57:14,342 --> 00:57:16,936 No. If they're wrong, no. 818 00:57:17,383 --> 00:57:19,477 You're so arrogant. 819 00:57:19,675 --> 00:57:21,552 You think anyone who disagrees with you is a fool. 820 00:57:21,758 --> 00:57:24,477 - No. But this blinkered dogmatic view... - Dogmatic? 821 00:57:25,092 --> 00:57:27,595 You've lost your Faith and you want to take mine. 822 00:57:27,758 --> 00:57:29,700 It has nothing to do with Faith, only logic. 823 00:57:29,800 --> 00:57:30,801 If your Faith gives you comfort... 824 00:57:31,008 --> 00:57:33,102 Don't treat me like a child. 825 00:57:33,258 --> 00:57:34,700 Do you think it's easy to believe? 826 00:57:34,800 --> 00:57:36,894 To believe in a loving 827 00:57:37,050 --> 00:57:38,802 all-powerful deity 828 00:57:38,967 --> 00:57:42,392 who want only destroys his Creation. No, I don't think it's easy. 829 00:57:42,592 --> 00:57:44,811 You hate God for taking our babies. 830 00:57:44,925 --> 00:57:47,474 I didn't say that, don't twist my words. 831 00:57:47,675 --> 00:57:49,803 You should not have care of a child. 832 00:57:49,967 --> 00:57:52,436 It's not me that fills her head with Sin and Hell. 833 00:57:52,592 --> 00:57:53,593 I won't listen to this. 834 00:57:53,758 --> 00:57:55,886 Because you have no arguments on your side, my dear. 835 00:57:56,092 --> 00:57:58,811 Please stop. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 836 00:57:59,008 --> 00:58:00,931 It's alright, It's alright. 837 00:58:01,342 --> 00:58:04,141 Go. Go back to your cave. 838 00:58:51,592 --> 00:58:52,889 Professor. 839 00:58:53,050 --> 00:58:54,393 Marcelino. 840 00:58:56,592 --> 00:58:58,936 It isn't better to reveal them in your lecture? 841 00:58:59,092 --> 00:59:01,700 I am told there is some resistance. 842 00:59:01,800 --> 00:59:05,805 The very idea of paintings of this age is difficult to grasp. 843 00:59:06,633 --> 00:59:08,761 It's going to be a sensation. 844 00:59:09,467 --> 00:59:11,185 Esteemed colleagues. 845 00:59:14,008 --> 00:59:16,602 So many distinguished experts. 846 00:59:18,675 --> 00:59:21,929 Perhaps we in Spain can't claim the... 847 00:59:22,092 --> 00:59:24,140 eminence of France 848 00:59:24,300 --> 00:59:28,225 but the good Lord has seen fit to bless us with a miraculous discovery. 849 00:59:30,425 --> 00:59:33,269 From this day we must begin again, 850 00:59:33,425 --> 00:59:37,225 to construct a new history of Mankind. 851 00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:43,759 This discovery is a profound challenge to my own beliefs. 852 00:59:47,800 --> 00:59:50,974 But it is not for me to tell you about our findings. 853 00:59:51,967 --> 00:59:53,514 You don't know him yet, 854 00:59:53,717 --> 00:59:57,642 but I am sure he will soon be a famous name around the world 855 00:59:57,758 --> 01:00:01,388 Gentlemen, Don Marcelino Sautuola. 856 01:00:01,550 --> 01:00:02,767 Marcelino, come! 857 01:00:13,508 --> 01:00:16,307 Thank you, Professor Vilanova. 858 01:00:19,300 --> 01:00:20,517 I... 859 01:00:24,508 --> 01:00:26,010 Gentlemen, 860 01:00:27,383 --> 01:00:30,717 this is a very great honour, indeed. 861 01:00:33,425 --> 01:00:35,928 I'm only a foot soldier 862 01:00:36,300 --> 01:00:37,392 but here I am, 863 01:00:37,925 --> 01:00:40,348 addressing the generals! 864 01:01:01,592 --> 01:01:04,436 It seems quite plausible to suggest 865 01:01:05,217 --> 01:01:07,811 that these remarkable paintings, 866 01:01:08,008 --> 01:01:10,887 which mainly represent animals not seen in the region 867 01:01:11,050 --> 01:01:12,552 since the last Ice Age, 868 01:01:12,925 --> 01:01:14,973 these masterpieces 869 01:01:16,133 --> 01:01:18,727 date from the same period. 870 01:01:22,467 --> 01:01:23,719 Thank you. 871 01:01:28,800 --> 01:01:32,759 I take my hat off to you, Professor Vilanova. 872 01:01:33,008 --> 01:01:34,681 You have astonished us. 873 01:01:34,800 --> 01:01:39,055 I do not blame Monsieur Sautuola, a mere amateur, 874 01:01:39,217 --> 01:01:43,973 for his failure to understand the basic principles of our science. 875 01:01:44,300 --> 01:01:46,302 We do not expect miracles, 876 01:01:46,467 --> 01:01:48,720 those went out with the Enlightenment. 877 01:01:49,967 --> 01:01:54,052 We have now a very complete record of Prehistoric Man. 878 01:01:54,217 --> 01:01:56,015 I must inform you, sir, 879 01:01:56,425 --> 01:01:59,884 that this record does not include any evidence of wall painting, 880 01:02:00,175 --> 01:02:01,802 not even a stick man. 881 01:02:02,008 --> 01:02:05,137 That's why we urge you to visit the cave. 882 01:02:05,300 --> 01:02:06,768 We were as amazed as you. 883 01:02:06,925 --> 01:02:08,643 It is quite impossible that primitive man, 884 01:02:08,758 --> 01:02:10,010 with his rudimentary brain, 885 01:02:10,217 --> 01:02:12,891 could create such elaborate works. 886 01:02:14,092 --> 01:02:15,810 Do you deny Evolution, sir? 887 01:02:16,925 --> 01:02:18,552 Indeed not. 888 01:02:18,717 --> 01:02:19,718 But if there is evidence... 889 01:02:19,883 --> 01:02:23,558 Show me this evidence that sweeps aside the whole of Prehistory 890 01:02:23,717 --> 01:02:25,890 as we, poor fools, understand it. 891 01:02:26,050 --> 01:02:27,893 That's what we're trying to do. 892 01:02:28,258 --> 01:02:30,977 It's all there, in the cave. 893 01:02:31,717 --> 01:02:33,310 But... Hold on. 894 01:02:35,967 --> 01:02:36,968 This. 895 01:02:37,300 --> 01:02:39,473 You will see the same animal 896 01:02:39,633 --> 01:02:41,510 in the same style 897 01:02:42,008 --> 01:02:44,056 on a small stone 898 01:02:44,717 --> 01:02:45,764 found on the site. 899 01:02:45,925 --> 01:02:47,723 We are not discussing portable works 900 01:02:47,883 --> 01:02:52,639 but a vast fresco painted by a Paleolithic Michelangelo 901 01:02:52,925 --> 01:02:55,053 or perhaps a tribe of Michelangelos. 902 01:02:55,217 --> 01:02:58,801 You don't want to admit evidence that challenges your beautiful theory, 903 01:02:58,967 --> 01:03:00,969 but that is not good Science, sir. 904 01:03:01,175 --> 01:03:03,428 This is a very serious matter. 905 01:03:03,925 --> 01:03:05,802 Monsieur Harlé has examined the paintings 906 01:03:06,008 --> 01:03:08,602 and they are nothing more than crude forgeries. 907 01:03:09,258 --> 01:03:10,931 - What? - C'est un scandal! 908 01:03:11,383 --> 01:03:12,805 Monsieur Harlé reports 909 01:03:13,008 --> 01:03:16,717 that the paintings could not have been made without artificial light 910 01:03:16,883 --> 01:03:20,262 and yet there are no soot marks on the ceiling 911 01:03:20,425 --> 01:03:23,429 as would be inevitable with primitive torches. 912 01:03:23,925 --> 01:03:28,017 Furthermore, in ancient rock paintings, the pigment sinks into the stone, 913 01:03:28,175 --> 01:03:31,975 but here it's on the surface and quite fresh. 914 01:03:32,133 --> 01:03:35,683 In places the pigment has even been laid on top of a layer of calcite. 915 01:03:35,800 --> 01:03:38,474 But in other places it is beneath the calcite... 916 01:03:38,633 --> 01:03:39,304 Evidence! 917 01:03:39,467 --> 01:03:41,811 Here is the evidence. Found at the site. 918 01:03:42,467 --> 01:03:43,764 Fresh paint! 919 01:03:43,967 --> 01:03:44,809 What is this? 920 01:03:46,508 --> 01:03:49,136 Please, this is not the case. 921 01:03:50,342 --> 01:03:54,222 I agree the freshness of the paintings is surprising 922 01:03:54,425 --> 01:03:56,143 but when you consider that the cave was closed 923 01:03:56,300 --> 01:03:57,927 for thousands of years, possibly... 924 01:03:58,092 --> 01:04:01,016 A painter was seen painting in the Altamira cave. 925 01:04:01,175 --> 01:04:02,597 Do you deny it? Do you deny it? 926 01:04:02,758 --> 01:04:05,352 I don't know what you are saying, sir. 927 01:04:06,383 --> 01:04:07,976 Sir, you can't close your eyes. 928 01:04:08,133 --> 01:04:09,976 It's against Science, against Truth, 929 01:04:10,133 --> 01:04:11,680 Monsieur Cartailhac, 930 01:04:11,800 --> 01:04:14,098 this could be the greatest discovery of our age! 931 01:04:14,258 --> 01:04:16,511 Won't you even look, sir? 932 01:04:17,342 --> 01:04:19,060 I know what I would find, sir. 933 01:04:19,217 --> 01:04:20,685 You are a forger. 934 01:04:22,550 --> 01:04:23,927 You should be ashamed. 935 01:06:14,258 --> 01:06:15,805 Papa? 936 01:06:26,925 --> 01:06:30,099 I deeply regret any trouble I caused, sir. 937 01:06:30,592 --> 01:06:32,219 Your concern comes too late. 938 01:06:32,383 --> 01:06:33,475 The damage is done. 939 01:06:33,633 --> 01:06:36,557 You left a trail like a murderer's bloody footprints! 940 01:06:36,675 --> 01:06:38,973 They were technical studies. I never thought they would twist it. 941 01:06:39,133 --> 01:06:42,933 It's as if you worked for them, you made it so easy to prove their case. 942 01:06:43,425 --> 01:06:46,429 Every other objection we could have answered... 943 01:06:47,133 --> 01:06:48,635 Except the light. 944 01:06:49,175 --> 01:06:50,518 The light. 945 01:06:52,008 --> 01:06:56,184 I don't understand why there are no soot marks. 946 01:06:59,967 --> 01:07:02,891 I was trying to follow your own method and experiment, that's all. 947 01:07:03,883 --> 01:07:05,430 I can only say I'm sorry. What else can I do? 948 01:07:05,592 --> 01:07:06,593 Nothing, nothing. 949 01:07:07,133 --> 01:07:09,386 You've already done more than enough. 950 01:07:09,550 --> 01:07:11,644 What are you doing? No. 951 01:07:11,800 --> 01:07:13,973 Please! 952 01:07:17,008 --> 01:07:19,056 Stop it, stop it! 953 01:07:20,008 --> 01:07:21,351 He only did as you asked. 954 01:07:21,508 --> 01:07:23,727 Don't shoot your anger at him. I made us paint there, 955 01:07:23,883 --> 01:07:25,476 I upset that horrid cave bear. 956 01:07:25,633 --> 01:07:28,512 I found the bison. It's all my fault. 957 01:07:29,258 --> 01:07:32,387 You hate him because he loves Mama. 958 01:07:35,800 --> 01:07:37,347 Maria! 959 01:07:42,092 --> 01:07:43,560 Go to your room. 960 01:07:46,133 --> 01:07:47,806 Go to your room, now! 961 01:07:48,050 --> 01:07:50,519 I hate it, I hate your cave. 962 01:07:50,633 --> 01:07:53,227 I wish I'd never seen it. 963 01:07:58,467 --> 01:08:01,186 I hate you, I hate you, I hate you. 964 01:08:04,925 --> 01:08:06,222 Maria! 965 01:08:08,717 --> 01:08:09,718 Maria! 966 01:10:29,675 --> 01:10:31,552 I am so sorry. 967 01:10:31,925 --> 01:10:34,929 Madame, I have met forgers 968 01:10:35,342 --> 01:10:39,802 and those who commission forgeries in my line of work, it's inevitable. 969 01:10:40,008 --> 01:10:40,930 I know you wouldn't... 970 01:10:41,092 --> 01:10:44,596 Yes, but a forgery is always an expected piece, 971 01:10:44,800 --> 01:10:47,644 one of a series or like existing works. 972 01:10:47,800 --> 01:10:49,802 So that the market will want it. 973 01:10:51,050 --> 01:10:53,974 But no one would ever fake 974 01:10:54,175 --> 01:10:56,269 something so original, 975 01:10:56,425 --> 01:10:58,723 so unlikely 976 01:10:59,050 --> 01:11:01,223 as the bison of Altamira. 977 01:11:05,675 --> 01:11:07,473 Thank you, Paul. 978 01:11:08,550 --> 01:11:10,302 You are a good man. 979 01:11:17,342 --> 01:11:19,140 He is a good man. 980 01:11:20,925 --> 01:11:22,643 A visionary. 981 01:11:23,758 --> 01:11:27,638 This kind of man always attract the envy of little man. 982 01:11:56,300 --> 01:11:58,928 I've written to Ratier 983 01:12:00,217 --> 01:12:01,469 to apologise. 984 01:12:01,592 --> 01:12:03,890 I must apologise to you. 985 01:12:05,175 --> 01:12:09,180 I spoke to Monsignor of my fears for Maria. 986 01:12:09,342 --> 01:12:10,059 You're right. 987 01:12:10,258 --> 01:12:12,932 I never meant you're not fit to be a father. 988 01:12:13,092 --> 01:12:14,765 I shouldn't be near her. 989 01:12:15,592 --> 01:12:17,265 I am a fool. 990 01:12:18,383 --> 01:12:20,977 Or worse, a liar. 991 01:12:25,675 --> 01:12:27,769 In all these years I have known you 992 01:12:27,967 --> 01:12:31,517 I have never heard you say one word that you knew to be untrue. 993 01:12:31,675 --> 01:12:32,801 Please, Conchita... 994 01:12:32,967 --> 01:12:35,311 Why would you choose to start now? 995 01:12:41,758 --> 01:12:44,261 To make a name for myself. 996 01:12:45,675 --> 01:12:49,179 Make fools of other Prehistorians. 997 01:12:52,550 --> 01:12:55,804 To garner glory for Spain. 998 01:12:56,717 --> 01:12:58,310 Spain. 999 01:12:58,967 --> 01:13:00,935 Beautiful and... 1000 01:13:01,717 --> 01:13:03,560 so unfair. 1001 01:13:06,133 --> 01:13:10,764 To pretend an important discovery 1002 01:13:11,883 --> 01:13:15,342 could be made by a mere Spaniard. 1003 01:13:15,508 --> 01:13:18,227 None of those could possibly be your motive. 1004 01:13:18,633 --> 01:13:21,102 Conchita, I believed in Science 1005 01:13:21,258 --> 01:13:23,431 with a dogmatic Faith, 1006 01:13:24,383 --> 01:13:26,556 forgetting it is made by men 1007 01:13:27,300 --> 01:13:29,473 in their own image. 1008 01:13:31,258 --> 01:13:34,808 I risked everything I hold dear 1009 01:13:35,008 --> 01:13:36,806 for nothing. 1010 01:13:41,800 --> 01:13:43,518 Forgive me. 1011 01:13:54,175 --> 01:13:56,018 - Where are we going? - Confession. 1012 01:13:56,800 --> 01:13:58,177 Did you just sin? 1013 01:13:58,342 --> 01:14:00,140 To the church, please. 1014 01:14:07,633 --> 01:14:10,136 Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. 1015 01:14:10,592 --> 01:14:13,516 It is two days since my last confession. 1016 01:14:14,550 --> 01:14:18,259 Since then I've discovered your treachery, Father. 1017 01:14:19,633 --> 01:14:22,386 Or should I say "Señor Tablanca"? 1018 01:14:22,550 --> 01:14:24,177 Shame on you. 1019 01:14:30,133 --> 01:14:32,056 How dare you come here and accuse me? 1020 01:14:32,217 --> 01:14:34,470 You accepted my confidences 1021 01:14:34,592 --> 01:14:36,435 and then used them against my husband, 1022 01:14:36,550 --> 01:14:38,052 that's treachery... 1023 01:14:38,217 --> 01:14:40,515 We did not speak under the seal of the confessional. 1024 01:14:40,675 --> 01:14:41,972 Oh, you and your rules! 1025 01:14:42,133 --> 01:14:43,555 To twist my words, 1026 01:14:43,717 --> 01:14:45,890 to accuse him of "perverting a child's mind." 1027 01:14:46,050 --> 01:14:48,303 What does your husband do but stir upon thinking minds 1028 01:14:48,467 --> 01:14:49,969 to doubt the teachings of the Church? 1029 01:14:50,133 --> 01:14:53,763 His cave obscures the pure light of Divine Reason 1030 01:14:53,925 --> 01:14:55,268 with muddy accident. 1031 01:14:55,425 --> 01:14:58,395 I read your articles, Monsignor Tablanca. 1032 01:14:58,925 --> 01:15:02,384 I don't care to hear them repeated, however nice your phrasing. 1033 01:15:02,508 --> 01:15:05,261 My duty is to protect the Faith of the Church. 1034 01:15:05,425 --> 01:15:09,305 My duty is to my husband, who hasn't one deceitful bone in. 1035 01:15:09,467 --> 01:15:11,435 You place your husband before God?! 1036 01:15:11,800 --> 01:15:14,804 Not before God, before you. 1037 01:15:16,925 --> 01:15:19,474 It's time to make your confession, my child, 1038 01:15:19,633 --> 01:15:22,386 before you sink deeper in error. 1039 01:15:22,967 --> 01:15:24,969 Confess to you, Monsignor? 1040 01:15:25,133 --> 01:15:27,682 And read my sins in tomorrow's paper? 1041 01:15:45,467 --> 01:15:47,561 Mama, have you got the fever? 1042 01:15:48,467 --> 01:15:50,890 No, quite cool. 1043 01:15:51,300 --> 01:15:53,177 Not a word to papa. 1044 01:16:16,550 --> 01:16:20,259 Carried out by a mere amateur, 1045 01:16:20,425 --> 01:16:23,634 this research may yet help men of Science 1046 01:16:23,800 --> 01:16:27,100 tear aside the veil of ignorance 1047 01:16:27,258 --> 01:16:30,307 and prove beyond doubt 1048 01:16:30,425 --> 01:16:35,431 that these paintings are of truly ancient origin. 1049 01:16:52,342 --> 01:16:53,810 What is that? 1050 01:16:54,092 --> 01:16:55,594 Marrow fat. 1051 01:16:55,758 --> 01:16:58,386 Makes the best lamp oil. 1052 01:16:58,508 --> 01:16:59,885 Why? 1053 01:17:00,050 --> 01:17:02,769 Clear and steady. And no soot marks. 1054 01:17:02,967 --> 01:17:04,935 Why no soot marks? 1055 01:17:05,092 --> 01:17:06,890 It's a good question. 1056 01:17:07,800 --> 01:17:09,677 A very good question, indeed. 1057 01:17:14,550 --> 01:17:18,259 Excuse me, Pasi. May I borrow that for a moment? 1058 01:17:22,717 --> 01:17:24,094 Maria. 1059 01:17:52,300 --> 01:17:55,270 A lamp? 1060 01:17:56,550 --> 01:17:58,427 This is Science. 1061 01:17:59,967 --> 01:18:01,344 An idea. 1062 01:18:01,925 --> 01:18:03,893 An experiment. 1063 01:18:04,508 --> 01:18:05,680 A proof. 1064 01:18:06,800 --> 01:18:09,098 Do you see how beautiful that is? 1065 01:18:09,800 --> 01:18:11,598 Yes, Papa. 1066 01:18:12,883 --> 01:18:15,227 If you're a good scientist, 1067 01:18:15,675 --> 01:18:18,349 no one can ever take the truth from you. 1068 01:18:18,758 --> 01:18:20,305 Amen to that. 1069 01:18:22,925 --> 01:18:25,519 Now you can tell Monsieur Cartailhac he's wrong. 1070 01:18:25,967 --> 01:18:27,810 He must apologise. 1071 01:18:28,425 --> 01:18:30,098 It won't be enough. 1072 01:18:30,425 --> 01:18:32,177 He accused you, in public. 1073 01:18:32,342 --> 01:18:35,312 No, he has all the more to lose. 1074 01:18:35,883 --> 01:18:40,059 It's not so easy to change direction when you're set on a course. 1075 01:18:41,342 --> 01:18:43,060 I know. 1076 01:18:49,133 --> 01:18:50,726 Think of the garden. 1077 01:18:53,300 --> 01:18:56,099 If branches grow across our path, 1078 01:18:57,508 --> 01:18:59,636 we just have to move the path. 1079 01:19:01,883 --> 01:19:03,385 Marcelino, 1080 01:19:04,800 --> 01:19:09,226 will you... will you take me to the cave? 1081 01:20:04,508 --> 01:20:07,307 You never told me the artists were women. 1082 01:20:13,592 --> 01:20:15,014 Close you eyes. 1083 01:20:23,550 --> 01:20:25,143 Are you ready? 1084 01:20:25,550 --> 01:20:27,552 Open you eyes. 1085 01:21:37,425 --> 01:21:39,393 Have you decided what to say? 1086 01:21:39,717 --> 01:21:42,561 I always admired his attention to detail, 1087 01:21:42,717 --> 01:21:44,344 rare in an amateur. 1088 01:21:45,508 --> 01:21:47,351 Will he demand a public apology? 1089 01:21:47,508 --> 01:21:49,886 He has never written to complain in public. 1090 01:21:50,050 --> 01:21:53,054 Then your reputation will be safe, professeur. 1091 01:21:57,425 --> 01:21:58,927 Here we are. 1092 01:21:59,800 --> 01:22:02,474 Let humility be your watchguard. 1093 01:22:12,383 --> 01:22:13,600 Emilio. 1094 01:22:13,758 --> 01:22:15,135 Mama. 1095 01:22:32,758 --> 01:22:33,884 Mesdames, 1096 01:22:34,092 --> 01:22:36,186 I am the Abbé Breuil. 1097 01:22:36,883 --> 01:22:38,351 This is Monsieur Émile Cartailhac. 1098 01:22:39,008 --> 01:22:40,260 Dear Ladies. 1099 01:22:40,425 --> 01:22:41,392 Monsieur. 1100 01:22:42,425 --> 01:22:45,053 You are just as I always imagined. 1101 01:22:45,717 --> 01:22:48,140 We have waited too long. 1102 01:22:48,300 --> 01:22:49,176 Indeed. 1103 01:22:50,175 --> 01:22:52,269 I should have come long ago. 1104 01:22:54,967 --> 01:22:58,221 Señor Sautuola will have heard of the cave paintings 1105 01:22:58,342 --> 01:23:00,595 discovered in the Dordogne this last year. 1106 01:23:01,008 --> 01:23:03,511 There is no doubt of their antiquity, 1107 01:23:03,675 --> 01:23:05,723 since they were covered by layers of earth 1108 01:23:05,883 --> 01:23:08,352 more than ten thousand years old. 1109 01:23:08,550 --> 01:23:11,019 And this is what brings you to our door. 1110 01:23:11,300 --> 01:23:14,804 Twenty years after you ruined my husband's good name. 1111 01:23:15,383 --> 01:23:18,262 I sincerely wish to make amends 1112 01:23:18,383 --> 01:23:20,977 for any injustice I did him. 1113 01:23:24,633 --> 01:23:26,931 May I apologize in person? 1114 01:23:29,633 --> 01:23:30,805 Papa. 1115 01:23:31,217 --> 01:23:33,015 He is here. 1116 01:23:34,092 --> 01:23:35,139 Cartailhac. 1117 01:23:54,050 --> 01:23:56,974 You cannot tell my husband, Monsieur. 1118 01:23:58,675 --> 01:24:00,643 You can tell the world. 1119 01:24:09,758 --> 01:24:11,351 Please, Mero. 1120 01:24:43,092 --> 01:24:45,186 After you, gentlemen. 1121 01:26:30,217 --> 01:26:35,178 "After Altamira all is decadence. We have invented nothing" - Pablo Picasso 1122 01:26:36,258 --> 01:26:39,387 Modern techniques date the paintings up to 35,000 years ago, 1123 01:26:39,550 --> 01:26:41,803 even older than Marcelino Sautuola imagined. 1124 01:26:43,425 --> 01:26:45,894 In the years that followed the discovery, 1125 01:26:46,342 --> 01:26:50,472 my father and all our family endured great sadness 1126 01:26:51,175 --> 01:26:54,224 as humiliation and public rejection 1127 01:26:54,383 --> 01:26:58,183 followed the injustice of accusations of forgery. 1128 01:26:59,425 --> 01:27:02,474 My father died in 1889. 1129 01:27:04,258 --> 01:27:07,102 Thirteen years later, in 1902, 1130 01:27:07,217 --> 01:27:10,141 after the discovery of several caves in France, 1131 01:27:10,467 --> 01:27:13,437 Émile Cartailhac visited Altamira 1132 01:27:13,592 --> 01:27:17,677 and published his famous apology: "Mea Culpa d'un Sceptique", 1133 01:27:17,800 --> 01:27:23,136 recognizing his errors, the honesty of Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola 1134 01:27:23,800 --> 01:27:27,100 and the authenticity and age of the paintings. 1135 01:27:28,675 --> 01:27:32,100 His honor was finally restored. 1136 01:29:12,383 --> 01:29:14,636 Dedicated to the memory of D. Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola 1137 01:29:14,800 --> 01:29:16,802 and his great-grandson, Emilio Botín-Sanz de Sautuola y Ríos, 1138 01:29:16,967 --> 01:29:18,685 who shared his passion for the arts and education, 1139 01:29:18,800 --> 01:29:20,768 his curious mind and deep intuition. 1140 01:29:21,050 --> 01:29:23,803 In loving memory of Jose Antonio Lasheras for a life dedicated to Altamira. 1141 01:29:24,305 --> 01:29:30,470 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from OpenSubtitles.org