De Gevangenen van Bunuel
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ramon Gieling
Ramon Gieling
Goert Giltay
Harold Jalving
Micha Molthoff
Berenike Rozgonyi
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Synopsis
A film about Las Hurdes, an area in western Spain about which Luis Bunuel in 1932 made the feature Las Hurdes, tierra sin pan (Land without Bread). In this film Bunuel portrayed the area as a black hell on earth: a land of starvation, disease, dwarves, insane and prematurely-aged women. A land forsaken by God. More than sixty years later, a curse still rests on the film by Bunuel: the local inhabitants still combat the black legend that circulates about their area. A small film crew returns to Las Hurdes in 1999 with a screen and a copy of Bunuel's film. In the local square, the film is shown. We hear wonderful stories of the villagers and see their occasionally fierce reactions to the film.
Director
Ramon Gieling
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Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 26 - February 6, 2000.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 22 - October 5, 2000.
