El
Luis Buñuel
Francisco Galván is a man of good standing. He is rich, devoted and highly respected. At a simple glance, he falls in love with Gloria, a beautiful young woman, who is nevertheless promised to another. She gives up on the engagement and finally marries Francisco. The dark side of the perfect husband soon reveals itself. His limitless jealousy turns Gloria's life into a living hell...
With : Arturo de Córdova, Delia Garcés, Carlos Martínez Baena, Manuel Dondé, Fernando Casanova, Aurora Walker, Rafale Banquells
Screenplay : Luis Buñuel, Luis Alcoriza, d'après le roman éponyme de Mercedes Pinto
Image : Gabriel Figueroa
Sound : Jesús González
Music : Luis Hernández Bretón
Editing : Carlos Savage
Decors : Pablo Galván
Screenplay : Luis Buñuel, Luis Alcoriza, d'après le roman éponyme de Mercedes Pinto
Image : Gabriel Figueroa
Sound : Jesús González
Music : Luis Hernández Bretón
Editing : Carlos Savage
Decors : Pablo Galván
Production : Ultramar Films, Oscar Dancigers, OLMEC (United Artists), Henry F. Erlinch
Distribution: Les Films Sans Frontières
Distribution: Les Films Sans Frontières
"Paranoids can be the most reasonable of people ... as long as you don't put your finger on their weak spot" (Luis Buñuel). For Buñuel, the ambiguities of the characters curiously converge with the ambiguities of his own personality. "This is possibly the film that I have put the most of myself into. There is a part of me in the protagonist". This film is emblematic of his Mexican period, El (This Strange Passion) is one of Buñuel's most accomplished films, as much in terms of directing as in technique. This result is no doubt due to the work of Gabriel Figueroa, Buñuel's loyal director of photography. He was trained by Welles' and Eisenstein's director of photography, and would leave an indelible mark on Buñuel's films, imposing above all a style: the symbiosis he creates between painting and photography earned him the nickname of "the fourth muralist".