Directed by Luis Buñuel • 1965 • Mexico
Simon of the Desert is Luis Buñuel's wicked and wild take on the life of devoted ascetic Saint Simeon Stylites, who waited atop a pillar surrounded by a barren landscape for six years, six months, and six days, in order to prove his devotion to God. Yet the devil, in the figure of the beautiful Silvia Pinal, huddles below, trying to tempt him down. A skeptic's vision of human conviction, Buñuel's short and sweet satire is one of the master filmmaker's most renowned works of surrealism.
Directed by Luis Buñuel • 1967 • France
Catherine Deneuve's porcelain perfection hides a cracked interior in one of the actress's most iconic roles: Séverine, a Paris housewife who begins secretly spending her afternoon hours working in a bordello. This surreal and erotic late-sixties daydream...
Directed by Luis Buñuel • 1969 • France
Starring Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff, Bernard Verley
The first of what Luis Buñuel later proclaimed a trilogy (along with THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE and THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY) about “the search for truth,” THE MILKY WAY daringly deconstruct...
Directed by Luis Buñuel • 1970 • Spain, France
Starring Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero
After the death of her mother, Tristana (Catherine Deneuve) goes to live with her guardian, Don Lope (Fernando Rey), an older man who eventually breaks through his facade of respectability and se...
