Simon of the Desert
Directed by Luis Buñuel • 1965 • Mexico
Starring Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal
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.
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Simon of the Desert
Directed by Luis Buñuel • 1965 • Mexico
Starring Claudio Brook, Silvia PinalSIMON 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...
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A Mexican Buñuel
This 1997 documentary was produced by Emilio Maille.
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Silvia Pinal on SIMON OF THE DESERT
This interview with Silvia Pinal was recorded in Mexico City in January 2006.
