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Nazarin (1958)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:8
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: 1958 Cannes Film Award for Excellence in the Foreign Film Market. This story follows the life of a priest who is forced to leave the priesthood due to his womanizing. In his travels, he acquires... 1958 Cannes Film Award for Excellence in the Foreign Film Market. This story follows the life of a priest who is forced to leave the priesthood due to his womanizing. In his travels, he acquires an odd assortment of followers including a homicidal prostitute, a failed suicide, and a lascivious dwarf. After a streak of extremely bad luck, the priest lands in prison, where another chain of events restores his faith in the kindness of humankind. [More]
Starring: Francisco Rabal, Marga Lopez, Rita Macedo, Ignacio Lopez Tarso
Starring: Francisco Rabal, Marga Lopez, Rita Macedo, Ignacio Lopez Tarso
Director: Luis Buñuel
Director: Luis Buñuel
Screenwriter: Julio Alejandro
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Reviews for Nazarin
Perhaps the most accomplished and difficult of Luis Buñuel's Mexican films.
This is another fine example of Buñuel's powerful films made during his exile in Mexico.
It is so grim that it lacks even the energy to present itself dramatically.
The most breathtaking cinematic cross-examination of faith I have ever seen not content to ignore religion as a non-issue, or to take cheap shots at its practitioners.
The surreal moments are relatively few in this wonderfully acted and underviewed masterpiece
While the film itself remains a subtle attack on religious naivete, the director would never be as mindful of the possibilities of spiritual healing as he is here.
It lacks his brilliant wit and seems much less adventurous than his 60s masterpieces.
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