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Directed by Luis Buñuel

“Cinéastes de notre temps”: Luis Buñuel

37m

On April 4, 1964, the French television series “Cinéastes de notre temps” presented an episode on filmmaker Luis Buñuel, directed by Robert Valey and produced by Jeanine Bazin and André S. Labarthe. The following are edited excerpts.

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