Simon of the Desert

Luis Buñuel (director, screenwriter)
Julio Alejandro (screenwriter)
Silvia Pinal, Claudio Brook, Hortensia Santovana, Enrique Alvarez Felix (starring)

N.p. N.p., Circa 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of director Luis Buñuel carrying a large wooden cross during filming on location for the 1965 film. With provenance stamps on the verso.

A hermit decides to live on top of a column in the middle of the desert in order to feel nearer to God and achieve spiritual purification.

Shot on location in Mexico.

5 x 7 inches. Very Good plus, lightly creased to the corners.

Criterion Collection 460. Vogel, Film as a Subversive Art.


[Book #151651]