
Just after boarding a train, much to the surprise of his fellow passengers, a man pours a bucket of water over a young girl on the platform. Over the next few hours he explains (and we see in flashback) how he became obsessed by her (so much so that he failed to notice that she was played by two different actresses, representing different sides of her personality), and how she tantalised him, but would never allow him to satisfy his desire for her...... (Full plot summary below)
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Just after boarding a train, much to the surprise of his fellow passengers, a man pours a bucket of water over a young girl on the platform. Over the next few hours he explains (and we see in flashback) how he became obsessed by her (so much so that he failed to notice that she was played by two different actresses, representing different sides of her personality), and how she tantalised him, but would never allow him to satisfy his desire for her...
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| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealBuñuel made often perverse, always subversive films that drew protests, bans and undying appreciation from colleagues. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyBunuel's swan song, his 30th feature, is one of his finest, a surreal fable that's inventive with its double casting. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThe film culminates with a brilliant last shot for Buñuel's last movie -- a fitting end for a man who offended, tantalized, entertained, and shocked so many people for so many years. |
| Apollo GuideDerek SmithIt may not be Luis Bunuel's best film, but this is probably his most complete statement on sexual relations and the dark side of desire. |
| F5 (Wichita, KS)Jake EukerIn the second rank of Bunuelian delights. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe lightness with which Buñuel was able to insert the little jokes and knife stabs of surrealism he loved so much is, in fact, divine. |
| Goatdog's MoviesMichael W. Phillips, Jr.One might call it a gimmick, but I saw it as a stroke of genius. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe swan song film for the legendary Spanish filmmaker. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenI could watch Fernando Rey squirm for hours, so amusing are the aristocratically clownish expressions on his face. |
| The SpectatorJohn Wells[Bunuel] remains as brilliantly in control of his own emotions as he does of the process of making the film. |