Alain Cuny, Laurent Terzieff, Paul Frankeur
Two hobos leave Paris for a pilgrimage to a Spanish shrine. Along the way, they meet different characters and engage in reflections about the Church and God.
DVD Release Date: August 28, 2007
Stats: 120 reviews
Two down and out men travel from France to Spain for a pilgrimage, along the way meeting various absurd characters who illustrate historical Christian heresies. A remarkable Surrealist assault on religious dogmatism and hypocrisy, often using the Church's own texts against them,...( read more)
A road film about two hobos who travel from France to the holy city in Spain to beg for money from the pilgrims/tourists there. Along the way they encounter all sort of ancient/modern religious characters such as the Whore of Babylon, the Marquis de Sade, Jesus, the Virgin Mary, ...( read more)
This one made little sense to me, Had hard time telling where I was in the film or if I was even watching the same movie at times.
(1969 Director: Luis Buffuel) I rented this one from Netflix in search of some interesting French films, Clearly I had not understood the subject mtter of this film. It is at times somewhat surrealistic vision of the path of pilgriumage to the ancient St. James journey in C....( read more)
A wierd as hell movie made solely for the discussion of christianity. It's very interesting but you really should fancy a theological brainstorm before watching this, as it holds little merit if you don't take a standpoint...
Excellent, very acid and comic. Th way Bunuel criticize the catholicism and the figure of Christ is perfect. A movie that makes you think.
Truly an peace of art....... Bunuel is the master of directing. He's the man who despite all "the laws" of making the movie. The only thing to do is lay back, watch the movie and let it blow your mind.....
A trip. A trip to Spain which become a satirical road where religion is reduced to zero by it own theories. A lot of quotes from the Bible and Jesus Christ even appear. Is very human in his gestures and ironical in his speech. The story follow two pilgrims, but all the characters...( read more)
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