The film is a closer look at one of Spain’s most important artist and social commentator of the late 18th and early 19th century.One of the few artist recognized as Old Master and Modern Genius. For Andre Malraux, Goya invented Modern Art, 50 years before Manet. Though there is little evidence for the legends of Goya’s rebellious character and violent actions, he was undoubtedly a revolutionary artist. His enormous and varied production of paintings, drawings, and engravings, relating to nearly every aspect of contemporary life, reflects the period of political and social upheavals in which he lived. He had no immediate followers, but his many original achievements profoundly impressed later 19th-century French artists—Eugène Delacroix was one of his great admirers—who were the leaders of new European movements and his works continued to be admired and studied by the Expressionists and Surrealists in the 20th and 21st centuries. The film dives into Goya’s mind by going back to his locations of choice and filming his paintings at the Prado Museum.