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Plot

Acclaimed director Luis Buñuel displays several of his trademark interests in this drama about a priest who leaves his order. The director's disdain for organized religion and the establishment, as well as his tendency to shock through visual imagery, are both apparent. Nazarin (Francisco Rabal) is the priest who leaves his order and decides to go on a pilgrimage. As he goes along subsisting on alms, he shelters a prostitute wanted by the police for murder. He is released from suspicion and she eventually catches up with him when she escapes imprisonment. Another woman joins the duo and soon the ex-priest is learning more about the human heart and suffering than when he wore robes. As for the shocking scenes, suffice to say the ravages of a plague are also shown.
MPAA Rating:
Not Rated
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
92min.
Theatrical Release Date:
12/19/2000
Director(s):
Luis Buñuel
Starring:
Francisco Rabal , Marga Lopez , Rita Macedo , Jesus Fernandez , Ignacio Tarso
Themes:
Religious Zealotry,Prostitutes
Tone:
Biting,Cynical,Literate,Satirical,Stylized,Wry
Keywords:
Christianity,Mexico,arrest,church,desert,disciple,humiliation,hypocrisy,lessons,peasant,physical-abuse,poverty,priest,prison,prophet,prostitute/prostitution,religion,saint,village
Language:
Spanish