1965 45m Luis Buñuel

Simon of the Desert

Name: Simon of the Desert
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Comedy
Released: 1965
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal, Hortensia Santoveña, Enrique Álvarez Félix

★ 7.8 IMDb

Drama Fantasy Comedy

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.

Writers Luis Buñuel, Julio Alejandro

Cast Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal, Hortensia Santoveña, Enrique Álvarez Félix

DP Gabriel Figueroa

Music Raúl Lavista

Essays and Criticism

On Luis Buñuel

One-Man Armada [on Luis Buñuel] by Jonathan Rosenbaum Buñuel in Mexico by Beatrice Loayza, 4Columns Bunuel and Mexico: The Crisis of National Cinema by Thomas Redwood, Screening the Past

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Awards & Festivals

Won Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival

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