Uncovered (film)
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| Directed by | Jim McBride |
| Produced by |
Enrique Posner Jack Baran |
| Written by |
Arturo Pérez-Reverte (novel) Jim McBride Michael Hirst Jack Baran |
| Starring |
Kate Beckinsale John Wood Sinéad Cusack Paudge Behan Art Malik Helen McCrory Michael Gough Peter Wingfield |
| Music by | Philippe Sarde |
| Edited by | Eva Gardos |
| Distributed by | Ciby 2000 |
Release date |
May 1994 (France) 5 January 1995 (Germany) |
Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Uncovered is a 1994 film based on Arturo Pérez-Reverte's The Flanders Panel. It was directed by Jim McBride. The leading actress was Kate Beckinsale as the main character Julia.
Plot
Julia, an art restorer living in Barcelona, Spain, discovers a painted-over message on a 1471 Flemish masterpiece called La partida de ajedrez (The Chess Game) reading "Qvis Necavit Eqvitem", written in Latin (English: "Who killed the knight?").
With the help of her old friend and father-figure, the flamboyantly homosexual César, who lives at Casa Batlló, and Domenec, a local chess genius Julia found in Park Güell, Julia works to uncover the mystery of a 500-year-old murder. At the same time, however, Julia faces danger of her own, as several people helping her along her search are also murdered.