FR #208 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | France, Italy | French, Spanish
Director
Luis Bunuel
Writer
Luis Bunuel, Jean-Claude Carriere
Cast
Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur
Plot
A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.
FR #421 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | France, Spain | Spanish, French
Director
Luis Bunuel
Writer
Luis Bunuel, Jean-Claude Carriere, Pierre Lou?s
Cast
Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Ngela Molina
Plot
Recounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he falls for his nineteen-year-old former chambermaid Conchita.
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent and crime-filled life in the festering slums of Mexico City, as the morals of young Pedro are gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
Allan visits the sinister Usher family mansion, where his friend Roderick is painting a portrait of his sickly wife Madeline. The portrait seems to be draining the life out of Madeline, slowly leading to her death.
FR #1859 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Mexico, France | Spanish, Latin
Director
Luis Bunuel
Writer
Luis Bunuel, Julio Alejandro
Cast
Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal, Enrique Lvarez Felix
Plot
Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him to come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.
FR #1915 | Movie | Documentary, Short | Spain | French
Director
Luis Bunuel
Writer
Luis Bunuel, Rafael Sanchez Ventura, Pierre Unik
Cast
Abel Jacquin, Alexandre O'Neill
Plot
A surrealist film, a pseudo-documentary portrait of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills.
FR #2141 | Movie | Drama | Spain, France | Spanish, English
Director
Luis Bunuel
Writer
Julio Alejandro, Luis Bunuel, Benito Perez Galdos
Cast
Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero
Plot
Shortly after her mother's death, an innocent and youthful woman will find refuge into the household of her middle-aged aristocratic guardian, who will submit her to his sexual advances.
FR #2176 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | France | French
Director
Luis Bunuel
Writer
Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali, Marquis De Sade
Cast
Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad De Laberdesque
Plot
A surrealist tale of a man and a woman who are passionately in love with each other, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwarted by their families, the Church, and bourgeois society.
FR #2368 | Movie | Romance, Drama | Mexico | Spanish
Director
Luis Bunuel
Writer
Luis Bunuel, Luis Alcoriza, Mercedes Pinto
Cast
Arturo De Cordova, Delia Garces, Aurora Walker
Plot
A husband's suave exterior unravels after his marriage, and he unleashes his paranoid and volatile temper on his wife, which escalates to more dangerous and unpredictable tantrums.
FR #4621 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | France, Germany | Spanish, French
Director
Luis Bunuel
Writer
Luis Bunuel, Jean-Claude Carriere
Cast
Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff, Alain Cuny
Plot
Two drifters go on a pilgrimage from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Along the way, they hitchhike, beg for food, and face the Christian dogmas and heresies from different Ages.