Tristana (1970)
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Luis Buñuel's Tristana is a surreal criticism of Catholicism and the modern world, told through the story of the title character, who is portrayed by Catherine Deneuve. Tristana is a young Spanish woman left to the care of Don Lope (Fernando Rey), the protective but impoverished aristocrat. Don… More Luis Buñuel's Tristana is a surreal criticism of Catholicism and the modern world, told through the story of the title character, who is portrayed by Catherine Deneuve. Tristana is a young Spanish woman left to the care of Don Lope (Fernando Rey), the protective but impoverished aristocrat. Don sells his possessions to avoid manual labor and champions the causes of the dispossessed and downtrodden of society. He takes advantage of the vulnerable Tristana, who leaves him when she falls in love with Horacio (Franco Nero). Unable to commit to him, she returns to Don Lope when she falls ill. He asks for her hand in marriage, and she accepts after losing her leg to cancer. She chooses to remain in a passionless union rather than be subject to the harsh realities of a society that refuses to change to the needs of women. Taken from the novel by celebrated author Benito Perez Galdos, the film -- wherein director Buñuel takes his usual jabs at religion and politics -- is a tribute to the author on the 50th anniversary of his death. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Directed By
- Luis Buñuel
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Apr 29, 1970 Wide
- On DVD
- Jan 30, 1992
- Studio
- Cohen Film Collection
Critic Reviews
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Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
You can almost sense the director's pleasure in taking apart the duplicities of a patriarchal Spanish society, the long-standing sexual double standard for men and one young woman's revolt against convention.
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Ty Burr, Boston Globe
As much as this tale of bent love runs in the ruts of its maker's obsessions, it has an undertow that's impossible to shake.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
A haunting study of a human relationship in which the power changes hands.
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
Viridiana is his undoubted masterpiece, but Tristana is more pure and more consistent, less ambiguous and more complex.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Buñuel conjures with Freudian imagery, outrageous humor, and a quiet, lyrical camera style to create one of his most complex and complete works, a film that continues to disturb and transfix.
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Cast
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Catherine Deneuve
as Tristana
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Fernando Rey
as Don Lope
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Franco Nero
as Horacio
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Lola Gaos
as Saturna
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Jesús Fernández
as Saturno
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Antonio Casas
as Don Cosme
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Mary Paz Pondal
as Girl
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Fernando Cebrián
as Dr. Miquis
- Luis Aller
- José María Caffarel
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José Calvo
as Bellringer
- Antonio Ferrandis
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Cándida Losada
as Senora Burguesa
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Sergio Mendizabal
as Professor
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Juan Jose Menendez
as Don Candido
- Vicente Roca
- Vincent Solder
- Saturno Cerra
- Adriano Domínguez
- Jose Riesgo
