Hurdes, Las aka Tierra sin pan . Land Without Bread – aka Unpromised Land
The region of Las Hurdes, not far from Salamanca, is largely cut off from the rest of the world. To reach Las Hurdes, it is necessary to travel through the town of La Alberca, which itself has some unusual sights and customs. The Hurdanos themselves live in several dozen villages in the nearby mount...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | French |
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Acín, Ramón ; Buñuel, Luis
1933
Spain |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:9919be6f-fbf6-4625-9c2f-b645b74b6f8b |
| Summary: | The region of Las Hurdes, not far from Salamanca, is largely cut off from the rest of the world. To reach Las Hurdes, it is necessary to travel through the town of La Alberca, which itself has some unusual sights and customs. The Hurdanos themselves live in several dozen villages in the nearby mountains, near a valley that contains the ruins of a convent. Bunuel's vision is so strong that the film becomes unsettling, turning the real into the surreal. While it was Buñuel's sole documentary, Las Hurdes is thematically consistent with his other films; its fascination with insects, unblinking look at human cruelty, subtle but clear disgust with the Catholic Church, and moments of jet-black humor mark it as the work of Spain's greatest surrealist filmmaker. Las Hurdes was also embraced as an attack on Franco's regime; a British leftist group screened it in the United Kingdom as "The film that answers Franco." This film was banned from being shown in Spain by the Spanish government from 1933-1936. |
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| Published: | 1933 |