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Simon Of The Desert (Criterion Collection)

Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinemat (1965)

NR (Not Rated)

715515042017

7.8

11,520

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

Mexico | Spanish | Color | 00:43

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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 come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.

Cast View all

	Claudio Brook	Simón
	Enrique Álvarez Félix	Hermano Matías
	Hortensia Santovena	Madre de Simón
	Francisco Reiguera	Monje viejo
	Luis Aceves Castañeda	Hermano Trifón
	Enrique GARCÍA ÁLVAREZ	Hermano Zenón
	Antonio Bravo	Monje
	Enrique del Castillo	El mutilado
	Eduardo MacGregor	Hermano Daniel
	Silvia Pinal	El diablo
	Ricardo Adalid	Monje
	Victorio Blanco	Monje viejo
	Jesús Fernández	Pastor enano de ovejas
	Nathanael León	Monje
	Ángel Merino	El rico Praxedes
	Rubén Márquez	Monje
	Glauber Rocha
	Los Sinners	Themselves: Grupo Musical

Crew View all

Director	Luis Bunuel
Writer	Luis Bunuel, Julio Alejandro
Producer	Gustavo Alatriste
Musician	Raúl Lavista
Photography	Gabriel Figueroa

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Edition details

Packaging	Keep Case
Nr Discs	1
Screen Ratios	Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks	SUB [English]
Distributor	Criterion Collection
Edition Release Date	Feb 10, 2009
Regions	Region 1

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Watched
Quantity	1
Index	2440
Added Date	Aug 21, 2021 14:10:08
Modified Date	Jun 12, 2022 00:35:15

Notes

Simon 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.

SPECIAL FEATURES
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
A Mexican Buñuel (1995), 50-minute documentary by Emilio Maillé
New interview with actress Silvia Pinal
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Michael Wood and a reprinted interview with Buñuel
New cover by Neil Kellerhouse

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