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
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
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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