Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

Name: Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Animation
Released: August 16, 2019
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 74
Cast: Alex Martos, Cyril Corral, Fermín Núñez, Fernando Ramos, Gabriel Latorre

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GKIDS | Release Date: August 16, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Alex Martos, Cyril Corral, Fermín Núñez, Fernando Ramos, Gabriel Latorre, Jorge Usón, Luis Enrique de Tomás, Pepa Gracia, Philipp Nowicki, Rachel Lascar, Victor Nunez

Summary: Paris, 1930. The infamous surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel is left penniless after the scandalous release of L'Age d'Or leads to a falling out with collaborator Salvador Dalí. On a whim, Buñuel's good friend, sculptor Ramón Acín, buys a lottery ticket and promises to devote his winnings to fund Buñuel's next film. Incredibly, Ramón wins theParis, 1930. The infamous surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel is left penniless after the scandalous release of L'Age d'Or leads to a falling out with collaborator Salvador Dalí. On a whim, Buñuel's good friend, sculptor Ramón Acín, buys a lottery ticket and promises to devote his winnings to fund Buñuel's next film. Incredibly, Ramón wins the jackpot, sending the two friends to the remote mountains of their native Spain to film the documentary Las Hurdes: Land Without Bread. Driven by mad artistic impulse and haunted by childhood memories, Buñuel must confront the specter of mortality looming over the lives of his subjects—and his own.… Expand

Director: Salvador Simó

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History, Animation

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 80 min

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Carlos Aguilar

Aug 16, 2019

In animation, Simó finds the ideal canvas, one that allows him to recount the most gruesome instances of strenuous filmmaking in more palatable form while also ingeniously enlivening the surreal sequences with glorious hand-drawn work. Read full review

The Playlist Steven Allison

Aug 15, 2019

At its heart, the film tells an incredibly touching – and altogether unexpected – human story. Entertaining and educational in equal parts, Simó’s animated film is one you don’t want to skip. Read full review

Andrew Crump

Sep 4, 2019

Simó “gets” Buñuel’s drives, and his animation lends the story a layer of romanticism while emphasizing that talent isn’t a hall pass. Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles treats genius as a knottier idea. Las Hurdes: Tierra Sin Pan is a masterpiece, sure, but “masterpiece” takes on layers of new meaning once we see how the sausage is made. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Aug 13, 2019

For all of its heady ideas, some of which it explores to greater effect than others, Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles is most striking for how it illustrates that animation isn’t a mere subcategory of cinema. That movies have always been a unique medium for how they see reality and unreality as two overlapping roads towards the same truth. Read full review

Robert Abele

Aug 15, 2019

At its most absorbing, Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles makes it clear there are no easy answers, perhaps especially when the art itself isn’t easy. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Aug 15, 2019

The animation is handsome, the graphic settings understated but intelligently detailed. Read full review

Christopher Machell

Aug 4, 2020

Labyrinth of the Turtles is a charming and occasionally moving love letter to the legendary Spanish-Mexican surrealist, and at a spry 80 minutes, doesn’t outstay its welcome. Read full review

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BrunoVn00

Oct 11, 2019

"Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas" (its original title) is one of the best animated movies of the year. It's not too common to see an animated biographical drama, and this manages to be an excellent one. With stylized 2D animation that makes this movie visually great, and despite its"Buñuel en el laberinto de las tortugas" (its original title) is one of the best animated movies of the year. It's not too common to see an animated biographical drama, and this manages to be an excellent one. With stylized 2D animation that makes this movie visually great, and despite its lighthearted visual style, underneath, there is a rich, mature and compelling story about the production of "The Land without Bread", a documenatry about one of the most poor regions in Spain at that time. Buñuel's journey to get the film done is geniunely interesting. Every character feels real and compelling, specially the main character, Buñuel. We see his growth and change during the movie, we see how he starts the movie thinking that he knows that the world is rude, corrupt and selfish, and he ends up feeling that he was too naive. Talking about the visuals again, there are some details that I found creative and I really appreciated. Like when the movie mixes the real footage of the documentary with its animation in the scenes where the characters are shooting the film, I found that really cool. Also this movie also has some comedy. Some jokes might not be really that funny but for the most part, the humor is great and doesn't change the tone of the movie in any way. All the humor feels natural and it's not forced at all. One of my only issues with the film is, more than an issue, a wasted opportunity, and it's that I would've liked more surrealist-like scenes. After all, Luis Buñuel is associated with surrealism and I think this movie could've taken advantage of that in a better way. Also, some dream sequences were confusing, at least for me. I've only watched the movie once at the moment of writing this, so probably I need watch it again and pay more attention, but as of right now I found some of those scenes to be confusing and pointless.

Overall, this is a great movie, I highly recommend it. For what I understand, this movie got a limited release in the U.S. (I'm not from the U.S., btw), so if you happen to find a theather that is showing the movie, watch it, seriously, watch it. Even if you don't know anything about Luis Buñuel, you might find this movie great.… Expand

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