Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation

Name: Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation
Genre: Documentary
Released: December 19, 2014
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 55

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First Run Features | Release Date: December 19, 2014 | Not Rated

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 theOne 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 continuing work of the thousands of artisans, laborers, and designers as they strive to complete the colossal project. [First Run Features]… Expand

Director: Stefan Haupt

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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Alan Scherstuhl

Dec 16, 2014

Haupt persuades viewers to surrender to a place, to a vision, and to a scale of thinking beyond our own lives. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

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. Read full review

Bill Stamets

Dec 11, 2014

A paean to creative impulses, this work channels the vision of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Apr 7, 2015

Where Haupt succeeds is in conveying the passion felt by everyone who works on the Sagrada, from foremen to sculptors. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Dec 18, 2014

Employing bursts of Bach and English-language narration, this lulling, informative documentary never fully grapples with its topic’s complexity. Read full review

Frank Scheck

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. Read full review

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