Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (2018)

Original title

Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas

Directed by

Salvador Simó

Genre

animated film, biographical film

Country

Germany, Netherlands, Spain

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 131 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This animated film follows film director Luis Buñuel as he struggles to make his documentary 'Land Without Bread' in rural Spain during the 1930s. It focuses on his friendship with a painter and the challenges of capturing harsh realities.

animatedbiographicalcontemplativesurrealpoignantintimateretromelancholicdreamlike

What happens

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (Spanish: Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas) is a 2018 Spanish adult animated biographical drama film directed by Salvador Simó and written by Simó & Eligio R. Montero based on the graphic novel Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas by Fermín Solís, about film director Luis Buñuel making the 1933 film Land Without Bread. In August 2019, it was shortlisted as one of the three films in contention to be the Spanish entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but lost to Pain and Glory. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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