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  • 2014
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2014
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 29 m
Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation

Summary One of the most iconic structures ever conceived, Barcelona's La Sagrada Familia is a unique and unfinished architectural project designed by the controversial architect Antoni Gaudi in the late 19th century. Stefan Haupt’s new documentary Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation celebrates the genius of Gaudi's vision while exploring the contin...

  • 2014
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2014
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 29 m

Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
55
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary One of the most iconic structures ever conceived, Barcelona's La Sagrada Familia is a unique and unfinished architectural project designed by the controversial architect Antoni Gaudi in the late 19th century. Stefan Haupt’s new documentary Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation celebrates the genius of Gaudi's vision while exploring the contin...

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70
Apr 2, 2015
La Sagrada is always going to be a spectacular building, but cinematographer Patrick Lindenmaier does an especially fine job of showing us the play of light in the cathedral's enveloping interiors.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 16, 2014
Haupt persuades viewers to surrender to a place, to a vision, and to a scale of thinking beyond our own lives.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
63
Dec 11, 2014
A paean to creative impulses, this work channels the vision of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi.
By Bill Stamets FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 7, 2015
Where Haupt succeeds is in conveying the passion felt by everyone who works on the Sagrada, from foremen to sculptors.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 18, 2014
Employing bursts of Bach and English-language narration, this lulling, informative documentary never fully grapples with its topic’s complexity.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
40
Dec 18, 2014
Stefan Haupt's (The Circle) documentary Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation explores the building's tortured history and the current efforts to bring it to fruition, but in a disappointingly dull style that fails to do justice to its outsized inspiration.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Fontana Film
Release Date Dec 19, 2014
Duration 1 h 29 m
Genres
Tagline Sagrada, Gaudi, Art
Website http://www.uplink.co.jp/sagrada/
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Awards

Miami Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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