Slideshow
Luis Buñuel’s
ÉL
Friday, March 14 – Thursday, March 20
NEW 4K RESTORATION
Mexico, 1953
Directed by Luis Buñuel
Starring Arturo de Córdova, Delia Garcés, Luis Beristáin
In Spanish with English subtitles
Approx. 92 min. 4K DCP.
“What starts as a foot fetish aroused at a Holy Thursday service morphs into romantic obsession and pathological jealousy… Francisco Galván (Arturo de Córdova), a rich middle-aged bachelor, becomes fixated on a proper young socialite (Delia Garcés). Under his relentless attention, she marries Francisco, who soon reveals himself to be a manipulative monster…. [isolating] her from her friends and family, [and getting] her to doubt her own behavior, her motives, and even her sanity.” – Richard Brody, The New Yorker
Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, Les Films du Camélia and Cineteca di Bologna with the support of OCAS, in association with Películas y Videos Internacionales. Funded by the Material World Foundation.
Presented with support from The Robert E. Appel Fund for Spanish and Portuguese Language Films
A JANUS FILMS RELEASE
Reviews
“A TWIST ON GASLIGHT ... BUÑUEL GETS INSIDE THE MIND OF A MADMAN.”
– Richard Brody, The New Yorker