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Director:
Writers:
Mercedes Pinto (novel)
Luis Buñuel (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
9 July 1953 (Mexico) more
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Plot:
Francisco is rich, rather strict on principles, and still a bachelor. After meeting Gloria by accident... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
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User Comments:
A treat from Bunuel's Mexican period more (14 total)

Cast

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Arturo de Córdova ... Francisco Galvan de Montemayor
Delia Garcés ... Gloria Milalta
Carlos Martínez Baena ... Father Velasco
Manuel Dondé ... Pablo
Fernando Casanova ... Beltran
Aurora Walker ... Esperanza Peralta
Rafael Banquells ... Ricardo Lujan
Luis Beristáin ... Raul Conde
José Pidal
Roberto Meyer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
This Strange Passion (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
92 min | USA:82 min
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Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Victor System)
Certification:
USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
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Trivia:
Shot in three weeks. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois (2004) more

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A treat from Bunuel's Mexican period, 20 November 2005
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Author: craigjclark from Haddonfield, NJ

Made in 1952, between "Robinson Crusoe" and "Wuthering Heights," this may not be one of Bunuel's major films, but it contains several of his key themes and recurring images, starting with the ceremonial washing and kissing of feet. The film also goes into the politics of submission and domination, the effects of long-term sexual repression, and -- of course -- sewing.

Bunuel understood obsession and was able to convey it on screen like no other director. As irrational as his characters can get (and Francisco gets plenty irrational in this film), Bunuel knows that we all have our hangups which seem normal to us, no matter how grotesque they may look to an outside viewer. (There's a reason why the alternate title for this film is "This Strange Passion.")

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