Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero

When the young woman Tristana's mother dies, she is entrusted to the guardianship of the well-respected though old Don Lope. Don Lope is well-liked and well-known because of his honorable nature, desp...( read more  read more... )ite his socialistic views about business and religion. But Don Lope's one weakness is women, and he falls for the innocent girl in his charge, seduces her, makes her his lover, though all the while explaining to her that she is as free as he. But when she acts on this freedom, Don Lope must deal with the consequences of his world-view.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Luis Buñuel

Release Date: April 29, 1970

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  • November 16, 2009
    Pretty interesting but nothing special.
  • June 10, 2008
    Any time Bunuel and Deneuve team up you're in for a treat.
  • October 7, 2008
    Another timeless movie by a maestro
  • September 29, 2008
    nominated for best foreign film at oscars
  • July 28, 2008
    Luis Buñuel retomó Tristana, la gran novela de Benito Pérez Galdós, en una adaptación singular protagonizada nada menos que por su actor fetiche, Fernando Rey (¿quién más?), y por una bella y frágil Catherine Deneuve. El escenario (no podría ser de otra manera) es la provincia ca...( read more)mpirana de España, y Buñuel lo utiliza para hacer una punzante crítica al puritanismo y conservadurismo pueblerino.

    Producida en 1970, en Tristana Fernando Rey hace una interpretación soberbia de Don Lope, el mezquino y dominante viejo ?verde? de doble cara, solitario y retrógrado en su moralina. Para aliviar su soledad, Don Lope se lleva a Tristana (Deneuve) a vivir con él al morir la madre de esta. Buñuel, en su narración llena de elipsis y saltos en el tiempo, va dejando de lado datos valiosos sobre los antecedentes de los personajes, para irlos revelando poco a poco. En poco de luz en el obscuro túnel en el que están sumergidos Don Lope, Tristana y su fiel sirvienta, Saturna (Lola Gaos excelente), nada agraciada, pero sensata, precavida y muy sabia en asuntos de la vida, a la hora de aconsejar a Don Lope.

    Tratándose del maestro Buñuel, claro, habrá un poco de surrealismo en las pesadillas de Tristana, también humor irónico y, por momentos, obscuro. Pero ante todo, la película es una minuciosa representación de las costumbres pueblerinas, en un lugar donde el tiempo parece pasar lentamente y, como es habitual en la obra de Galdós, con un gran peso en la crítica política y a la anciana masculinidad, como una representación de los viejos valores (las típicas reuniones de ancianos en algún restaurante), todo contenido en una obra atípica de Buñuel.
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  • June 10, 2008
    Not at all interested
  • May 3, 2008
    Like in the most movies by Luis Bunuel, there is no non-diegetic music. The sounds of life complete the circle of life. Firstly we have Don Lope who dominate from his position of tutor. Tristana is young, unexperienced, innocent and don't know in what game she's into. In the seco...( read more)nd part of the movie, after she came back in Don Lope's house the roles are changed. She govern Don Lope with her caprices and she take the revenge against him and against her fate. In the final, after he die, Tristana is like she forget everything and she return to her innocence, long time ago.
    The film is very enjoyable, yet still deals with issues such as sexual freedom, power, anti-clericism and anti-bourgeois values amongst others. The shots get one into each other and make a system from what you understand the changes from innocence to collapse.
  • September 14, 2007
    Unique,excellent movie by one of the best directors ever,Luis Bunuel. It's a bizarre story about how an innocent girl turns into a "not so innocent" mistress.A misunderstanding of love.Wow, this movie goes too deep! Breathtaking!

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October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

A haunting study of a human relationship in which the power changes hands. full review

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