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9 July 1953 (Mexico)
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Francisco is rich, rather strict on principles, and still a bachelor. After meeting Gloria by accident...
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1 nomination
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Star-Studded Cast of Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Machete’ Confirmed!
(From Screen Rant. 5 August 2009, 1:38 PM, PDT)
Hecho Por México: The Films of Gabriel Figueroa—Interview With Curator Steve Seid
(From Twitch. 31 July 2008, 10:42 AM, PDT)
(From Screen Rant. 5 August 2009, 1:38 PM, PDT)
Hecho Por México: The Films of Gabriel Figueroa—Interview With Curator Steve Seid
(From Twitch. 31 July 2008, 10:42 AM, PDT)
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A treat from Bunuel's Mexican period
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | 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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92 min | USA:82 min
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Mono (RCA Victor System)
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Shot in three weeks.
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Referenced in Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois (2004)
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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.")