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Goya, a Story of Solitude

1971 film by Nino Quevedo

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ3416645 ↗
Source-derived summary

Goya, a Story of Solitude (Spanish: Goya, historia de una soledad) is a 1971 Spanish historical drama film directed by Nino Quevedo. It was entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival. The film was heavily cut by censors before its release. It portrays the life of the Spanish artist Francisco Goya.

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Bibliography

Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

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The public source identifies “Goya, a Story of Solitude” as 1971 film by Nino Quevedo. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Goya, Story and Solitude.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1971, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1971-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Goya, Story and Solitude providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3416645. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1971 and 2008.

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This entry incorporates text from “Goya, a Story of Solitude” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.