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Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

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In Paris in 1930, Luis Buñuel is left penniless after a film leads to a falling out with Salvador Dalí. On a whim, Buñuel's good friend, sculptor Ramón Acín, buys a lottery ticket and promises to devote his winnings to fund Buñuel's next film.
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Thrillingly imaginative and appropriately surreal, Buñuel and the Labyrinth of the Turtles open an alluringly dreamlike window into the life of a brilliant artist.

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Wendy Ide Observer (UK) 07/19/2020
3/5
With its dust and sherry-toned colour palette and starkly angular character design, it will intrigue animation fans. Go to Full Review Kevin Maher The Times (UK) 07/18/2020
4/5
As a"making of" movie, however, it's instantly gratifying and easily comparable with Les Blank's Fitzcarraldo film Burden of Dreams. Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian 07/16/2020
3/5
An engaging if somewhat demure animation, bordering occasionally on a kind of gentle sentimentality that is inimical to the subject... Go to Full Review Erick Estrada Cinegarage 07/26/2023
A much more particular film that we could imagine. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Fernanda Solórzano Letras Libres 10/25/2021
The medium of animation lends itself well to weaving these dream-like visions because Land Without Bread was not in the strictest sense a documentary. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Ram Venkat Srikar Film Inquiry 12/03/2020
Devoid of the obscurity, Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles is a stark contrast to the film it is woven around. It is coherent, perceptible, and unusually entertaining in a largely mainstream way. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Krzysztof P @RT62723140 04/30/2022 Okrutne znęcanie się nad zwierzętami. Ładnie narysowany, ale mało płynne animacje. Brak szacunku do czyjejś własności jest brakiem szacunku do tego kogoś See more raphael g @raphagimenes 11/24/2020 It romanticizes things in a very Hollywoodian way, and tries to make the viewer admire a man who in the end could've done much more during the making of the documentary. The animation was good, but the movie failed to contextualize the political aspects of the story - it just seemed poorly written and cliché. I dont get how people call this surrealistic - I felt betrayed by it. See more 10/14/2020 The animation style is quite "retro" but maybe it fits the kind of story that is told here. See more 01/22/2020 This is an animated film in French and Spanish with some live-action footage. It's perfect for sadists, as it contains several instances of animal cruelty and death, merely for the sake of filming it. There's also a girl who dies because she doesn't have access to doctors or medicine. They could have driven her to a doctor, but it would have interfered with filming. See more Read all reviews
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Salvador Simó

Director

Jorge Usón

Luis Buñuel

Fernando Ramos

Ramón Acín

Luís Enríque De Tomás

Pierre Unik

Cyril Corral

Eli Lotar

Pepa Gracia

Luis Mother

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Movie Info

Synopsis In Paris in 1930, Luis Buñuel is left penniless after a film leads to a falling out with Salvador Dalí. On a whim, Buñuel's good friend, sculptor Ramón Acín, buys a lottery ticket and promises to devote his winnings to fund Buñuel's next film.
Director
Salvador Simó
Producer
Femke Wolting, Bruno Felix, José María Fernández de Vega
Screenwriter
Salvador Simó, Eligio R. Montero
Distributor
GKIDS
Production Co
Submarine
Genre
Drama, Animation
Original Language
European Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 16, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 12, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$30.8K
Runtime
1h 20m