La Muerte en este Jardín
Luis Buñuel
Following an official decree banning diamond mining, the workers revolt. Chark, an adventurer from a neighbouring village is suspected of having robbed a bank and is arrested by the police. He manages to escape, and becomes part and parcel of the miners' riots. Chark, Djinn the prostitute, Fr Lizardi, Castin and his daughter take flight. But the jungle they take refuge in turns out to be more hostile than expected...
With : Simone Signoret, Charles Vanel, Georges Marchal, Michel Piccoli, Tito Junco, Raúl Ramírez, Luis-Aceves Castañeda
Screenplay : Luis Buñuel, Raymond Queneau et Luis Alcoriza, d'après le roman de José André Lacour
Image : Jorge Stahl junior
Sound : Maurice Laroche, José de Pérez, Galdino Samperio
Music : Paul Misraki
Editing : Luis Buñuel, Marguerite Renoir, Denise Charvein
Screenplay : Luis Buñuel, Raymond Queneau et Luis Alcoriza, d'après le roman de José André Lacour
Image : Jorge Stahl junior
Sound : Maurice Laroche, José de Pérez, Galdino Samperio
Music : Paul Misraki
Editing : Luis Buñuel, Marguerite Renoir, Denise Charvein
Production : Producciones Tepeyac, Oscar Dancigers, Films Dismages
Distribution: Les Grands Films Classiques
Distribution: Les Grands Films Classiques
Death in the Garden is a heterogeneous mix : Simone Signoret's cheekiness combines with the tropical backdrop of the Mexican jungle, Michel Piccoli is cast against type as a priest, and the script was co-written by Queneau. "Queneau was an exceptional writer, he had an immense sense of the spoken word. He found solutions which are a model of what good film dialogue is", said Buñuel. Once again, Buñuel observes human behaviour in extreme situations. The psychology of the characters disappears to be replaced by a more empirical knowledge. "What interests me is seeing how circumstances make characters develop. It is like plunging them in culture fluid". (Luis Buñuel)