Luis Buñuel
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Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish and Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greates
Buñuel in 1929
Calanda, Spain, in 2013
Luis Buñuel (top row, right), Madrid, 1923
Jean Epstein, Buñuel's first film collaborator
That Obscure Object of Desire is a 1977 absurdist satirical comedy-drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, based on the 1898 novel The Woman and the Puppet by Pierre Louÿs. It was Buñuel's final directori
Luis Buñuel
…Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) and Belle de Jour (1967). He earned the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director for his final film, That Obscure Object of Desire (1977). Buñuel earned five Cannes Film Festival prizes, two Berlin International Film Festival prizes, a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award in 1972…
French theatrical release poster