Death in the Garden (1956)

Original title

La Mort en ce jardin

Directed by

Luis Buñuel

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Mexico

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

TP

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 79 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a South American country, a corrupt government violently crushes a rebellion by illegal diamond miners. Five strangers from different backgrounds flee together into the jungle, hoping to find safety.

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What happens

La mort en ce jardin ("Death in the Garden") a.k.a. Diamond Hunters is a 1956 adventure film by director Luis Buñuel, based on a novel by José-André Lacour, that stars Simone Signoret, Charles Vanel and Michel Piccoli, with additional dialogue by Raymond Queneau. Set in an unidentified South American country, it recounts the bloody suppression by the corrupt governing regime of an insurrection by illegal diamond miners, after which five disparate fugitives take to the jungle in search of safety. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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