Watch Simon of the Desert (Simón del desierto) online
Where to watch Simon of the Desert (Simón del desierto)
Actors: Claudio Brook,Silvia Pinal,Enrique Álvarez Félix,Hortensia Santoveña,Francisco Reiguera,Luis Aceves Castañeda,Enrique García Álvarez,Antonio Bravo,Enrique del Castillo,Eduardo MacGregor Genre: Year: 1965 Imdb:click here
" With a beautiful cinematography by the legendary Gabriel Figueroa, the movie feels initially as a real biopic of the Saint's life, but the portrait of dignity that Buñuel seems to be creating with Simon soon discovers itself as an absurd, as Simón's exaggerated Holiness proves to be as corrupting as the Devil's temptations, and through a series of visions Buñuel breaks the realistic tone and smoothly turns the movie into a surreal madness apparently mimicking the dehumanization of the Saint"