| Omnifilms | Release Date: December 3, 1955 |
Summary:
A husband's suave exterior unravels after his marriage, and he unleashes his paranoid and volatile temper on his wife, which escalates to more dangerous and unpredictable tantrums.
Genre(s):
Drama, Romance
Runtime:
82 min
It is one of the simplest of Bunuel's films but is also among his most powerful and subtle. [17 Sep 1995, p.6]
Bunuel's daring is fully apparent.
Luis Bunuel has fashioned an absorbing melodramatic psycho pic out of El. Although the story [from the novel Pensiamentos by Mercedes Pinto] borders on the banal, fine direction and acting keep this within bounds, and give a dimension to the harrowing tale of a madman's attempt to love.
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