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Las Hurdes

  • 19331933
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
5.8K
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Las Hurdes (1933)
  • Documentary
  • Short
A surrealistic documentary portrait of the region of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even ... Read allA surrealistic documentary portrait of the region of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills.A surrealistic documentary portrait of the region of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
5.8K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Luis Buñuel
  • Writers
    • Luis Buñuel(commentary)
    • Rafael Sánchez Ventura(commentary)
    • Pierre Unik(commentary)
  • Stars
    • Abel Jacquin(voice)
    • Alexandre O'Neill(voice)
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  • Director
    • Luis Buñuel
  • Writers
    • Luis Buñuel(commentary)
    • Rafael Sánchez Ventura(commentary)
    • Pierre Unik(commentary)
  • Stars
    • Abel Jacquin(voice)
    • Alexandre O'Neill(voice)
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    • 35User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    Abel Jacquin
      Alexandre O'Neill
        • Director
          • Luis Buñuel
        • Writers
          • Luis Buñuel(commentary)
          • Rafael Sánchez Ventura(commentary)
          • Pierre Unik(commentary)
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        • Trivia
          Luis Buñuel was not above slaughtering several animals to deliver his message; he ordered the ailing donkey to be spread with honey so he could film it being stung to death by bees. Nor was the mountain goat falling off the mountain an accident, shot by Buñuel's crew for the desired sequence.
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        User reviews35

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        9/10
        Rather surprising, absolutely ahead of its time
        I saw this movie with absolutely no idea what it would be about or when this movie was made, only that it was made by Luis Bunuel, and I felt I HAD to at least have seen 1 movie made by the man so many people see as one of the many movie gods.

        I must add that before seeing Las Hurdes ("Land Without Bread") in the theatre where I saw it, they had programmed the documentary "Bunuel's Prisoners". In which the people of the Hurdes region comment on the movie and the circumstances under which this movie came to be. This movie gave me enough information to watch the main feature (Las Hurdes) with a much more realistic view than if I had seen this movie without seeing the doumentary first.

        In the documentary several people express their annoyance and irritation with the manner in which Bunuel has twisted and fabricated some of the scenes in the actual movie/documentary. The goat falling from the cliff is not exactly falling per accident and the "dead" baby in one of the last scenes is not dead at all (this can be seen by watching the moving chest of the baby).

        All in all I enjoyed this slightly fictional documentary very much and I recommend everybody to go see it. It will either make you laugh out loud at times and leave you deeply disturbed at other times.

        A must for people who are not allergic to foreign movies from before WW2. 9/10
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        • quin1974
        • Apr 13, 2000

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        • Release date
          • December 1933 (Spain)
        • Country of origin
          • Spain
        • Language
          • French
        • Also known as
          • Land Without Bread
        • Filming locations
          • La Alberca, Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain
        • Production company
          • Ramón Acín
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        • Runtime
          30 minutes
        • Color
          • Black and White
        • Sound mix
          • Mono
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.37 : 1

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