Directed by:
Luis BuñuelPlots(1)
In a dream-like sequence, a woman's eye is slit open--juxtaposed with a similarly shaped cloud obscuring the moon moving in the same direction as the knife through the eye--to grab the audience's attention. The French phrase "ants in the palms," (which means that someone is "itching" to kill) is shown literally. A man pulls a piano along with the tablets of the Ten Commandments and a dead donkey towards the woman he's itching to kill. A shot of differently striped objects is repeatedly used to connect scenes in this early French short. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Simone Mareuil
France
Pierre Batcheff
China
Best movies:
Napoleon (1927)
Two Timid Souls (1928)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1929)
Luis Buñuel
Spain
Best movies:
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Weeping for a Bandit (1964)
Salvador Dalí
Spain
Robert Hommet
France
Best movies:
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Dear Caroline (1951)