The ascetic Simón believes he is a sinner and decides to self-inflict a sacrifice, living like a hermit on the top of a pedestal in the middle of the desert to be closer to God and resist the temptations of the world. His followers are peasants and travelers that believe that Simón is a saint capable of performing miracles and they crowd to hear his speeches. However, Satan tries to tempt him with the pleasures of the world.... (Full plot summary below)
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The ascetic Simón believes he is a sinner and decides to self-inflict a sacrifice, living like a hermit on the top of a pedestal in the middle of the desert to be closer to God and resist the temptations of the world. His followers are peasants and travelers that believe that Simón is a saint capable of performing miracles and they crowd to hear his speeches. However, Satan tries to tempt him with the pleasures of the world.
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| Chicago ReaderDave KehrBuñuel's wit is piercingly sharp, his timing impeccable, and his visual style superbly unobtrusive and naturalistic -- proving again how much realism is required in surrealism. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeOne of Buñuel's richest and most complex films. |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceFar from mocking his penitent protagonist, Buñuel values his tenacity of belief even while seeing his sacrifice as a useless monument |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenIt's in the circus that surrounds Simon where we really see Bunuel's dark wit at play... |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThough flawed because of the cuts, what's there is Buñuel at his wittiest having a good laugh at the church's expense. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThis is one of my favorite Bunuels, simply because it gets right to the point; he doesn't have time to beat around the bush. |
| Old School ReviewsJohn A. NesbitSurrealist Luis Buñuel firmly digs his elbows into the side of organized religion |
| New York TimesA.H. WeilerMr. Bunuel's powerful, funny, startling but inconclusive commentary on man's frailties. |
| User ReviewNikolas Gthe third film after Viridianna and EXTERMINATOR ANGEL....IF in the first Luis Buñuel is studding the flesh , and in the second the power and human vanity here is talking with his unique style about man and GOD ...there is a mistake in the information of film . Simon hired to the column not to be nearest to God , but as a hard ascetic mood ., it was a trial we had very early in the history of Christianism ....first in East dogma and later to Catholicism ...there is the saint Simon or in Simeon , who lived for many years in a column in Egypt desert |
| User ReviewShane G-- short, sweet, and funny. Bunuel said it himself: "Thank God I'm still an atheist." |
