Él (1953)
- Directed by
- Luis Buñuel
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 159 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wealthy man becomes consumed by jealous suspicions about his new wife. His paranoia grows until it threatens to destroy their marriage and her sanity.
tenseunsettlingslow-burnclaustrophobicpsychologically intenseuneasydarkly comic
What happens
Él, (also stylized El and EL, and released in the US as This Strange Passion) is a 1953 Mexican film by Luis Buñuel based upon the novel by Mercedes Pinto. The film explores several of Buñuel’s signature cinematic themes, most notably a romance warped by a bourgeois husband's obsessive paranoia, interspersed with distinct surrealist touches. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Under the Sky of Spain (1953)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.