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Tributes and Retrospectives - Tribute to the French Cinematheque - A Selection by Frédéric Bonnaud
Eighty years later, the masterpiece of surrealist cinema is still as brilliant, witty and shocking as when it first came out. Out of the genius of Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, L'Age d'or offers a unique blend between raw visual poetry and poignant social critique. Through the sinister yet moving chronicle of a young couple eager to consummate their love, the film accentuates a tone of subversive eroticism and provocatively dissects thoughts and values considered civilized. For this, it was banned and despised for several years.
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Cast:
Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Lionel Salem, Max Ernst, Germaine Noizet, Josep Llorens Artigas -
Original Title:
L'Age d'Or -
Country:
France -
Year:
1930 - 62’ 4K Copy, Subtitles: Portuguese
Director
Luis Buñuel
Born in Spain, in 1900. Luís Buñuel was a leading figure in Surrealism. An atheist and communist sympathizer who was preoccupied with themes of gratuitous cruelty, eroticism, and religious mania.
In 1917, he entered the Residencia de Estudiantes cultural institution in Madrid, where he met Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí. In 1924, he moved to Paris and worked as an assistant to the filmmaker Jean Epstein. In 1929, he released his first film, Un chien Andalou, with a screenplay by Dalí. In Mexico, he shot The forgotten (1947), which won him his first prize for best director at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951. In 1961, he returned to Spain and began filming Viridiana, which won him the Palme d'Or in Cannes. In 1967, he received the Golden Lion at the Venice film Festival for Belle de Jour. He died in Mexico in 1983.
In 1917, he entered the Residencia de Estudiantes cultural institution in Madrid, where he met Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí. In 1924, he moved to Paris and worked as an assistant to the filmmaker Jean Epstein. In 1929, he released his first film, Un chien Andalou, with a screenplay by Dalí. In Mexico, he shot The forgotten (1947), which won him his first prize for best director at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951. In 1961, he returned to Spain and began filming Viridiana, which won him the Palme d'Or in Cannes. In 1967, he received the Golden Lion at the Venice film Festival for Belle de Jour. He died in Mexico in 1983.
