Tristana (1970)

When the young woman Tristana's mother dies, she is entrusted to the guardianship of the well-respected though old Don Lope... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Luis Buñuel
Written By: Luis Buñuel, Julio Alejandro, Benito Pérez Galdós
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Franco Nero, Fernando Rey, Aldo Sambrell, José Calvo, Antonio Casas, José María Caffarel, Antonio Ferrandis, Lola Gaos, Fernando Cebrian, Sergio Mendizábal, Vicente Soler
Genre: Drama
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Tristana belongs to 39 collections
1. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (collaborative: moderated by kozan26 - 232 stars)
2. Surreal (collaborative - 47 stars)
3. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2008 revision) (collaborative: moderated by Scottathon - 39 stars)
4. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 38 stars)
5. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2010 revision) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 32 stars)
6. New York Times' The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (collaborative: moderated by theficionado - 31 stars)
7. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2014 revision) (collaborative: moderated by Jehan - 27 stars)
8. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2012 revision) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 25 stars)
9. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2017 revision) (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 22 stars)
10. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
11. Best of criticker: Drama (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr - 18 stars)
12. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2013 revision) (collaborative: moderated by rant1229 - 16 stars)
13. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2011 revision) (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 14 stars)
14. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2020 revision) (public: djross - 13 stars)
15. films101.com's 5 star films (collaborative: moderated by ppinocchio - 11 stars)
16. Sight and Sound 2002 (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 9 stars)
17. Best Foreign Film Oscar Nominees (collaborative: moderated by snallygaster - 8 stars)
18. David Thomson's 1000 Films (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 7 stars)
19. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2007 revision) (collaborative: moderated by Scottathon - 4 stars)
20. Old directors (70+) (collaborative: moderated by von krogh - 3 stars)
21. Djross film as art (public: djross - 3 stars)
22. Spanish cinema (public: juandr - 2 stars)
23. 50 Best Spanish films 1896-1996 El Mundo (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 1 star)
24. Roger Ebert's Top 10 Films of 1971 (collaborative - 1 star)
25. A Year of Essential Cinema (collaborative: moderated by Ibetolis1 - 1 star)
26. Halliwell's Four Star Films (collaborative: moderated by MacSwell - 1 star)
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28. Leaving Criterion Channel 6/30/20 (public: owen1218 - 1 star)
29. The Leonard Maltin List (collaborative: moderated by wokelstein)
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32. 1970: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
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Mentaculus | 83 79th |
There's something about Tristana's amputated leg. A big f-you to Freudian gender politics and a wonderful example of Bunuel's ability to crawl under your skin and make you rethink the Socially Assumed. A lesser work, sure, but still worth recommending. God bless Bunuel.
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CCLZA | 85 89th |
Deneuve's turn as the title character might be (though less showy or glamorous than the rest) the finest of her carreer, and this is definitely one of Buñuel's subtlest and most intriguing works.
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Spunkie | 70 84th |
I was excited about another Bunuel & Deneuve collaboration since Belle de Jour is my favorite Bunuel so far. First half is very dull for someone accustomed to Bunuel. Last half introduces a few twists which managed to regain my interest. I still feel I might have skipped a major something about Tristana, but I won't bother myself for a rewatch.
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Tds4a | 3 80th |
One of Bunuel's relatively subtle films, but it deals, again, with sexual politics, religion, et al. I prefer Deneuve here to her performance in Belle de Jour, and I find the story more interesting to boot. Tristana's degradation is unpredictable and saddening. In a way, it's the same setup as Viridiana, but taken in a different direction. That's Bunuel for you - remaking the same two or three ideas over and over, and doing it very, very well.
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PeaceAnarchy | 84 77th |
A very accessible Buñuel, but no less intriguing than his other work. It still has the commentary on religion and the class system that is common to his work and a few surreal sequences. The dubbing was a bit distracting but the performances still came through pretty well and the entire film was quite enjoyable.
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Icarus | 60 27th |
Tell me if you've heard this one before: a young woman, full of youth and innocence, falls under the socially constructed power of a rich relative, only to find said relative has designs on taking her innocence for himself. Crushing ensues. While the narrative here takes a more social, and less religious, direction than Viridiana, both take the same basic trope to illustrate Bunuel's problems with institutional society. It's beautifully done, though without the verve and indignation of Viridiana
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KasperL | 70 65th |
Solid, almost "surreal-less" (apart from one cool dream sequence), drama from Buñuel which, like life sometimes does, takes a completely unexpected (and untelegraphed) turn, then follows that road through to its end. I didn't really get the short final montage.
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AndreasThau | 75 68th |
Very good film, and narratively definitely one of Buñuel's more clearly told films. That doesn't make the acting and stylistic keypoints less brilliant, though. Like the camera movement, which is mesmerizing if you ask me. Almost like a trance sometimes. The story itself is maybe a bit weak, but it's hard not to like it, nevertheless.
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