We all love the topic of lost civilisations here at the Grail, so here’s a new movie getting rave reviews from critics that should be right up our alley: The Lost City of Z, which tells the now-legendary tale of Percy Fawcett, who disappeared in 1925 while searching the jungles of Brazil for a ‘lost city’:
Based on author David Grann’s nonfiction bestseller, THE LOST CITY OF Z tells the incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam), who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment who regard indigenous populations as “savages,” the determined Fawcett – supported by his devoted wife (Sienna Miller), son (Tom Holland) and aide de camp (Robert Pattinson) – returns time and again to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case, culminating in his mysterious disappearance in 1925. An epically-scaled tale of courage and obsession, told in Gray’s classic filmmaking style, THE LOST CITY OF Z is a stirring tribute to the exploratory spirit and those individuals driven to achieve greatness at any cost.
iIf you don’t get to catch it in cinemas, the movie will be available for purchase sometime in July.
