Les paradoxes de Buñuel (1998)

9.0/10 78 min Documentary

Overview

Famed film director Luis Bunuel (1900-1983) is the subject of this French documentary, with anecdotal interviews edited thematically into sections highlighting Bunuel's contradictions --"Surrealist and Moralist," "Iconoclast and Traditionalist," "Sadist and Sentimentalist."

Cast

Juan Antonio Bardem

Self

Julien Bertheau

Self

Freddy Buache

Self

Luis Buñuel

Self (archive footage)

Juan Luis Buñuel

Self

Jean-Claude Carrière

Self

Michel Piccoli

Self

Claude Piéplu

Self

Francisco Rabal

Self

Fernando Rey

Self (archive footage)

Carlos Saura

Self

Serge Silberman

Self

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