The Young One (Island of Shame) (White Trash) (La Joven) (1960)
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Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 0
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Luis Buñuel and Hugo Butler (under the pseudonym "H.B. Addis") adapted Peter Matthiessen's story Travelin' Man for this drama about a black jazz musician, on the run from a false accusation of raping a white woman. Miller (Zachary Scott) is a middle aged handyman on a small island off the southeastern coast. His neighbors are a 13-year-old girl and her grandfather. After her grandfather dies, Miller looks after the young girl, and they are the only two on the island until the arrival of Traver
May 1, 1960 Wide
Aug 7, 2007
Cast
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Zachary Scott
Miller -
Kay Meersman
Evalyn -
Bernie Hamilton
Traver -
Graham Denton
Jackson -
Claudio Brook
Reverend Fleetwood
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All Critics (10) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (0)
[The film] is full of poetic asides and unexpected developments, revealing Bunuel's dark, philosophical wit at its most personal.
Top CriticNo other Buñuel picture boasts a more tangible, zestful feel for nature
A rarely seen provocative racially and Lolita-like themed drama.
It gets under the skin of these characters, but offers little relief.
Zachary Scott and Bernie Hamilton star as deadly adversaries on an island hell in Luis Bunuel's The Young One, a rarely shown English-language gem about racism and pedophilia.
Poets have said that eyes are the windows to the soul, but Luis Buñuel believed that our legs and feet revealed more about us than any other parts of our bodies.
provokes more discussions about life's existential problems than more conventionally moralistic filmmakers
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Foreign Titles
- The Young One (1960) (DE)
- The Young One (1960) (UK)
I haven't seen every Bunuel film (yet?), but I suspect this is the only one which might remind anyone of Russ Meyer!