Julio Alejandro


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Tristana (1970) -- (Movie Clip) God Rot His Soul Arresting opening from director Luis Bunuel, deaf kids including Saturno (Jesus Fernandez) playing soccer, his mother (Lola Gaos) and Catherine Deneuve (title character), who's the new ward of her boss Don Lope (Fernando Rey), visiting, on location in Toledo, from Tristana, 1970.
Viridiana (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Who's There? Though not clear at the time, we’ll learn that Silvia Pinal (title character), visiting the uncle whom she barely knows, before she enters a convent, is sleepwalking, as he fiddles with the personal belongings of his late wife, whom she closely resembles, in Luis Bunuel’s Viridiana, 1962.
Viridiana (1962) -- (Movie Clip) She Has A Heart Of Gold We’ve just met Jorge (Francisco Rabal), illegitimate son of the late Don Jaime, who’s inherited half his estate, and girlfriend Lucia (Victoria Zinny), when they meet Silvia Pinal (title character), the niece and would-be nun who inherited the other half, with a group of vagrants she plans to support, in Luis Bunuel’s Viridiana, 1962.
Simon Of The Desert (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Innocent Little Girl R-rated first appearance of Silvia Pinal, as "The Temptress," coming to the title character, a 6th century Syrian ascetic (Claudio Brook), in director Luis Bunuel's celebrated short feature Simon Of The Desert, 1965.
Simon Of The Desert (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Six Years Six Weeks And Six Days Opening of director Luis Bunuel's last film made in Mexico, based on the story of a 6th century Syrian saint, Claudio Brook on top of the pillar as the title character, in the short feature Simon Of The Desert, 1965, also starring Silvia Pinal.
Tristana (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Lots Of Religion The bellringer (Jose Calvo) receives his son and friend Saturno (Jesus Fernandez), with new-in-town affluent orphan Catherine Deneuve (title character), who somehow slips into a dream, comforted by Saturno's mom (Lola Gaos), in Luis Bunuel's Tristana, 1970, shot on location in Toledo, Spain.
Tristana (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Not Very Fond Of Dogs Strolling out in Toledo with guardian Saturna (Lola Gaos), Catherine Deneuve (title character) wanders into a plaza and meets painter Horacio (Franco Nero, his first appearance), in Luis Bunuel's Tristana, 1970.

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