Simon of the Desert
Simón del desierto (original)
SIMON OF THE DESERT is Luis Buñuel’s wicked and wild take on the life of devoted ascetic Saint Simeon Stylites, who waited atop a pillar surrounded by a barren landscape for six years, six months, and six days, in order to prove his devotion to God. Yet the devil, in the figure of the beautiful Silvia Pinal, huddles below, trying to tempt him down. A skeptic’s vision of human conviction, Buñuel’s short and sweet satire is one of the master filmmaker’s most renowned works of surrealism.
Starring Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal, Hortensia Santoveña, Enrique Álvarez Félix, Francisco Reiguera, Luis Aceves Castañeda, Antonio Bravo, Enrique del Castillo, Enrique García Álvarez, Eduardo MacGregor
Watch "Simon of the Desert" from streaming services Criterion Channel, FlixOlè released in 1965. It's a drama and fantasy movie, and has a rating of 8 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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