1933 | B/N | 30 min 0 seg A portrayal of Las Hurdes, Cáceres, one of the poorest and least developed regions of Spain, in 1932. The soil is barren and bread is a rare luxury, so most of the residents subsist on pork. Intermarriage among the families has left many of the children with mental and/or physical deficiencies, and those who are born healthy often succumb to starvation. The community is destroyed by filth, misery and the total lack of opportunity. Country: España Direction: Buñuel; Luis Script: Unik; Pierre, Sánchez Ventura; Rafael, Legendre; Maurice, Buñuel; Luis Production: Buñuel; Luis, Acín; Ramón Photography: Lotar; Eli Sound: Dorat; Charles Music: Brahms; Johannes Cast:Habitantes De Las Hurdes Narrada Por Abel Jaquin; Los Participation year at FICM: 2012
1933 | B/N | 30 min 0 seg A portrayal of Las Hurdes, Cáceres, one of the poorest and least developed regions of Spain, in 1932. The soil is barren and bread is a rare luxury, so most of the residents subsist on pork. Intermarriage among the families has left many of the children with mental and/or physical deficiencies, and those who are born healthy often succumb to starvation. The community is destroyed by filth, misery and the total lack of opportunity. Country: España Direction: Buñuel; Luis Script: Unik; Pierre, Sánchez Ventura; Rafael, Legendre; Maurice, Buñuel; Luis Production: Buñuel; Luis, Acín; Ramón Photography: Lotar; Eli Sound: Dorat; Charles Music: Brahms; Johannes Cast:Habitantes De Las Hurdes Narrada Por Abel Jaquin; Los Participation year at FICM: 2012
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The Young and the Damned The influence and power exerted by “El Jaibo”, leader of a street gang, leads his followers into immorality, delinquency, and death. Luis Buñuel’s masterpiece is part of UNESCO’s “Memory of the World” Register. *Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project at L’Immagine Ritrovata in collaboration with Fundación Televisa, Televisa, Cineteca Nacional Mexico, and Filmoteca de la UNAM. Restoration funding provided by The Material World Foundation. See More
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