Simon of the Desert
1965, 45 min
Country: Mexico Studio: Criterion Cast: Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal Director: Luis Buñuel Rating: Not Rated Our Rating:
FROM THE LINER NOTESSimon of the Desert is Luis Buñuel's wicked and wild take on the life of devoted ascetic Saint Simeon Stylites, who waited atop a pillar surrounded by a barren landscape for six years, six months, and six days, in order to prove his devotion to God. Yet the devil, in the figure of the beautiful Silvia Pinal, huddles below, trying to tempt him down. A skeptic's vision of human conviction, Buñuel's short and sweet satire is one of the master filmmaker's most renowned works of surrealism.3 REASONS TO BUY THIS FILM
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This comic and surreal attack on the Church is drawn from the life of Saint Simeon Stylites who, in order to lead the "correct Christian life," resided atop a pillar. Vain, self-important and sexually repressed, our hero soon finds that he is tempting prey for the cunning Devil. (Spanish with English subtitles)
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$21.99 (Criterion Collection)
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Region Code: 1
UPC: 715515042017
Studio: Criterion
Languages: Spanish Dolby Digital Mono (Primary), English Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: 1.33 Original Aspect Ratio
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