Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (2018)

The true story of how Luis Buñuel made his third movie.

Director:

Salvador Simó

Writers:

Eligio R. Montero, Salvador Simó

Stars:

Jorge Usón, Fernando Ramos, Luis Enrique de Tomás

14 wins & 20 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jorge Usón	...	Luis Buñuel (voice)
Fernando Ramos	...	Ramón Acín (voice)
Luis Enrique de Tomás	...	Pierre Unik (voice)
Cyril Corral	...	Eli Lotar (voice)
Javier Balas	...	Luis niño (voice)
Gabriel Latorre	...	Padre Luis (voice)
Pepa Gracia	...	Madre Luis (voice)
Fermín Núñez	...	Maestro / Arriero (voice)
Rachel Lascar	...	Vicondesa de Noailles (voice)
Salvador Simó	...	Salvador Dalí (voice)
María Pérez	...	Conchita (voice)
Esteban G. Ballesteros	...	Alcalde / Vendedor de gallos (voice)
Piedad Gallardo	...	Acompañante Alcalde / Vendedora lotería / Paisanos hurdanos (voice)
Juan Carlos Tirado	...	Muerte Hurdana / Paisanos hurdanos (voice)
Rubén Aznar	...	Cretino 1 (voice)

Storyline

The true story of how Luis Buñuel made his third movie.

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Plot Keywords:

surrealism | luis bunuel | luis bunuel character | paris france | flashback | 

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Genres:

Animation | Biography | Drama | History

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Original literary source: "Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas", graphic novel by Fermín Solís, published by Astiberri, Bilbao, 2009, 160 p., ISBN: 978849815902.

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Connections

Edited from Las Hurdes (1933)

User Reviews

This is a very good film!

I was pleased. Still, I remember how "Las Hurdes: Land Without Bread" was a formative viewing experience in my life (after "Un Chien Anadlou," "Raising Arizona," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," David Lynch, Pixies' "Doolittle," etc.), given the way Buñuel whipped out the butter knife and slathered on a parody of ethnographic film's bourgeois mentality by overdoing it (the VHS version I saw, in its translation, pulls punches here; the 16mm version I saw in film studies class does *not*). Already compelling material made for riotous viewing by a teenager tickled by "The Simpsons" and not aware yet of who Thomas Pynchon was at the Ivy League caliber school he was attending. Regardless, this film has a lot to say -- if that means "take you through," ground to cover -- and just settling back in and watching it will mean you'll be rewarded. Like "Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict" and "Cezanne et Moi," this is one of the more pleasant and rewarding walks through a time and place you *shouldn't*, like, necessarily have *known* about to begin with, but we can slow down and catch up with ourselves now. Recommended for anybody in Western Civ. who's trying to still figure out what in the hey has been going on for the interval since, arguable, people've been living, maybe, past 35 (see the illuminating "Teenage" documentary for further details -- not everybody got Clara Bow's shot at life!). A worthwhile trip through an era involving a very willful man and one of the wittier presences of the 20th Century. Think like most big figures, but not a jerk. Think like Stanley Kubrick, but not Stanley Kubrick.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Spain Netherlands Germany

Language:

Spanish French

Release Date:

16 August 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

Box Office

Budget:

EUR1,800,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,691, 18 August 2019

Gross USA:

$36,205

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$185,675

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sygnatia, The Glow, Submarine

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1