Spanish writer Luis Buñuel helped to shape the language of the film With its now-iconic surreal reverence, it is only suitable for the release of one of his most beloved films to land in a time of collective social disagreement and disillusionment.
Buñuel, which is undoubtedly best known for directing Catherine Deneuve in the legendary 1967 film “Belle de Jour,” helped an ode to the frustrating pitches in the male ID more than a decade before, with 1953’s “The. “Translated to simply be entitled” Him “, the film centers on a paranoid priest (Arturo de Córdova) whose grip on reality is oblique in the midst of his obsession with a woman seeking comfort and resolution (Delia Garcés).
The late Mexican filmmaker directed 35 films between 1929 and 1977 in his career.
The official synopsis for “él” says: “After moving from her abusive husband, Delia Garcé’s advice from a priest seeks, just to discover that her husband’s wealth and influence has already swung the priest against her. Mexico’s most elegant leading man Arturo de Córdova, in a deviation from his usual romantic roles, is struggling with obsessive desires in addition to his own understanding in this portrait of harmful passion, dream -like madness and unobstructed Freudian allegory.
Buñuel together wrote the script with Luis Alcoriza and adapted the story from a novel by Mercedes Pinto. The psychological drama has cinematography by Gabriel Figueroa. Aurora Walker also plays.
The 4K DCP restoration was made possible by the Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, Les Films du Camélia and Cineteca Di Bologna with the support of Ocas, in conjunction with Películas Y -Videos Internecional. The restoration was funded by the Material World Foundation and presented with support from Robert E. Appel Fund for Spanish and Portuguese language films.
The restored film will be run on Film Forum from Friday March 14 to Thursday 20 March and is in Spanish with English subtitles.
The movie forum has offered a line 4K emissions premiere and mini festivals, including the latest Clara Bow program And “Blax plloity, baby!” Festival.
The addition of the Buñuel feature revives the 1900s Authaur’s modern heritage: directors as Jonathan Glazer, Amy Seimetz, Woody Allen, David O. Russell, Miguel Gomes, Guy Maddin and Gaspar Noe have publicly credited Buñuel for inspiring their respective careers. In 2017, the Metrograph Theater presented a series of Buñuel films for a program entitled “Buñuel in France.”
“Él” premieres on March 14 at Film Forum from Janus Films. Check out the trailer below.
