1952 | B/N | 85 min Oliviero is forced to interrupt his honeymoon in a small, isolated island off the coast of Guerrero because his mother, Doña Ester, is dying. Country: México Direction: Buñuel; Luis Script: Altolaguirre; Manuel, Solano Galean; Lilia, de la Cabada; Juan Production: Altolaguirre; Manuel, Luisa Gómez Men; María Photography: Phillips Jr.; Alex Sound: González Gancy; Jesús, Arjona; Eduardo Music: Pittaluga; Gustavo Cast:Prado; Lilia, González; Cármen, Márquez; Esteban, Aceves Castañeda; Luis Art direction: Rodríguez Granada; José Participation year at FICM: 2007
1952 | B/N | 85 min Oliviero is forced to interrupt his honeymoon in a small, isolated island off the coast of Guerrero because his mother, Doña Ester, is dying. Country: México Direction: Buñuel; Luis Script: Altolaguirre; Manuel, Solano Galean; Lilia, de la Cabada; Juan Production: Altolaguirre; Manuel, Luisa Gómez Men; María Photography: Phillips Jr.; Alex Sound: González Gancy; Jesús, Arjona; Eduardo Music: Pittaluga; Gustavo Cast:Prado; Lilia, González; Cármen, Márquez; Esteban, Aceves Castañeda; Luis Art direction: Rodríguez Granada; José Participation year at FICM: 2007
This Strange Passion Quiet-looking Francisco Galván de Montemayor—wealthy, conservative, religious, and a virgin—meets Gloria at the foot-washing ceremony on Holy Thursday. At a party at his mansion, he wins her over and later marries her. Starting on their wedding night, jealousy transforms him into an obsessive and paranoid man who sees only murder and mutilation as a solution to his madness. See More
Nazarín A priest in early twentieth-century rural Mexico embodies what the Gospels say about human goodness and mercy. After defending a prostitute who caused a fire, his once-loyal followers turn against him, backed by the authorities. As he flees, Nazario reconsiders his faith in the light of these events. See More
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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