El (Mexico) Him All disasters come out of jealousness |
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Director: Luis Buňuel Cast: Arturo de Cordova Delia Garces Footage: 100min Year: 1952 |
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It has another English name This Strange Passion. Spanish aristocratic Francisco, outwardly the picture of courtly charm, marries lovely Gloria, who is much younger than he. From the honeymoon onward, Francisco imagines that his bride's former lover is spying on them. At first his jealousy manifests itself in short bursts of violence against phantom intruders. But the middle-aged groom's lunacy blossoms, until he is prepared to literally sew his young bride up lest she be accessible to others. Even the church can offer nothing to this unhappy man but empty homilies, leaving him no choice but to lie to himself that he is "cured". Finally cultivating himself according to doctrines for a long time, Francisco behaves impassively. But his words betray his die hard. Works of the same director: |
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