
When the young woman Tristana's mother dies, she is entrusted to the guardianship of the well-respected though old Don Lope. Don Lope is well-liked and well-known because of his honorable nature, despite his socialistic views about business and religion. But Don Lope's one weakness is women, and he falls for the innocent girl in his charge, seduces her, makes her his lover, though all the while explaining to her that she is as free as he. But when she acts on this freedom, Do... (Full plot summary below)
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When the young woman Tristana's mother dies, she is entrusted to the guardianship of the well-respected though old Don Lope. Don Lope is well-liked and well-known because of his honorable nature, despite his socialistic views about business and religion. But Don Lope's one weakness is women, and he falls for the innocent girl in his charge, seduces her, makes her his lover, though all the while explaining to her that she is as free as he. But when she acts on this freedom, Don Lope must deal with the consequences of his world-view.
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| Time OutChris AutyRey is brilliant as the mephistophelean, anti-clerical Socialist, dandy and outmoded master of social graces: father, lover and husband all in one. |
| New York TimesVincent CanbyViridiana is his undoubted masterpiece, but Tristana is more pure and more consistent, less ambiguous and more complex. |
| Film4Laura BushellArguably among Buñuel's most accessible films, Tristana illustrates how the director channeled his personal vision into his work, even when the outcome was more mundane than his most lauded surrealist works. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrBuñuel conjures with Freudian imagery, outrageous humor, and a quiet, lyrical camera style to create one of his most complex and complete works, a film that continues to disturb and transfix. |
| New YorkerRichard BrodyThe rigid rituals of duty and honor form an inextricable bond of pleasure and degradation, of sex and death-and render sin all the more exciting. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenWith Tristana, Buñuel depicts sexual liberation as a snake that eats its own tail. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceCatherine Deneuve has never been more enigmatic, in all her icy blond authority. |
| Slant MagazineBudd WilkinsFlanked by late-period masterworks that represent the culmination and perfection of Buñuel's long-cherished obsessions, the film is often relegated to the role of overlooked middle child. |
| ArtforumMelissa AndersonOne of the greatest films from Buñuel's extremely rich late period. |
| Slant MagazineEd GonzalezFans of the director are likely to see Tristana as a routine facsimile of both Él and Viridiana. |