Uncovered (film)

Uncovered is a 1994 thriller film based on Arturo Pérez-Reverte's The Flanders Panel. It was directed by Jim McBride. Kate Beckinsale stars 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.

Cast

 * Kate Beckinsale as Julia
 * John Wood as César
 * Sinéad Cusack as Menchu
 * Paudge Behan as Domenec
 * Art Malik as Alvaro
 * Helen McCrory as Lola
 * Michael Gough as Don Manuel
 * Peter Wingfield as Max
 * Anthony Milner as Inspector
 * James Villiers as Montegrifo