Cinematography:
José Luis López LinaresComposer:
Mauricio VillavecchiaCast:
Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Ángela Molina, Carole Bouquet, Laurent Terzieff, Jean Rochefort, Arturo Ripstein, Michel Piccoli, Francisco Rabal, Lucia Bosé, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Carlos Saura (more)Plots(1)
‘Buñuel loved making jokes, but always with a serious face’, is how one of his friends describes the great Spanish director in Javier Rioyo’s and José Luis López-Linares’ film biography A propósito de Buñuel. Luis Buñuel, who died in 1983, was full of contradictions. He continuously snubbed the church, declaring ‘Thank God I’m an atheist!’, but on his deathbed, he talked with a priest for days on end. He shocked people with the sex in his films, but he considered the fading away of his own sexual desires a liberation. He ditched everyday certainties with the surrealistic Un Chien Andalou, made in collaboration with Salvador Dalí, but he could not stand it when someone misplaced an ashtray at his house. By means of conversations with his wife, children and colleagues such as Michel Piccoli and Carlos Saura, the Buñuel mystery is unravelled, layer after layer. The film is illustrated by numerous excerpts from films such as L’age d’or and Viridiana, in which events and places from Buñuel’s own life play a distinctive role. (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)
(more)Cast
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Mexico
Best movies:
La Chevre (1981)
Matando Cabos (2004)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Ángela Molina
Spain
Best movies:
Live Flesh (1997)
The Unknown Woman (2006)
Operation Ogre (1979)
Carole Bouquet
France
Best movies:
Le Rouge et le noir (1997) (TV movie)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Spécial police (1985)
Laurent Terzieff
France
Best movies:
Kapò (1959)
Father's Trip (1966)
Germinal (1993)
Jean Rochefort
France
Best movies:
My Mother's Castle (1990)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Arturo Ripstein
Mexico
Best movies:
The Queen of Spain (2016)
Michel Piccoli
France
Best movies:
Un amour de pluie (1974)
Milou in May (1990)
Mado (1976)
Francisco Rabal
Spain
Best movies:
History (1986) (TV movie)
Viridiana (1961)
La colmena (1982)
Lucia Bosé
Italy
Best movies:
Rome 11:00 (1952)
That Is the Dawn (1956)
L'avaro (1990)
Jean-Pierre Cassel
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Goodbye Again (1961)
Carlos Saura
Spain
Best movies:
The Wheelchair (1960)
Bunuel and King Solomon's Table (2001)
Stéphane Audran
France
Best movies:
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
The Cousins (1959)
Sign of the Lion (1962)
José Sancho
Spain
Best movies:
Sant'Antonio di Padova (2002) (TV movie)
Talk to Her (2002)
Live Flesh (1997)
Juan Luis Buñuel
France
Best movies:
L'Aventure c'est l'aventure (1972)
Henry & June (1990)
Jacqueline Andere
Mexico
Best movies:
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Michael Lonsdale
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Silvia Pinal
Mexico
Best movies:
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Viridiana (1961)
Guns for San Sebastian (1968)
Serge Silberman
Poland
Best movies:
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Carlos Savage
Best movies:
Fando and Lis (1968)
Eduardo MacGregor
Best movies:
El internado (2007) (series) - actor, a.f.
Jeremy (2015)
The Book of Stone (1969)