Nazarín
1959 Mexican film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nazarín (Spanish pronunciation: [nasaˈɾin], [naθaˈɾin]) is a 1959 Mexican satirical drama film directed by Luis Buñuel and co-written between Buñuel and Julio Alejandro, adapted from the eponymous novel of Benito Pérez Galdós.
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Directed by | Luis Buñuel |
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Based on | Nazarín by Benito Pérez Galdós |
Produced by | Manuel Barbachano Ponce |
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Cinematography | Gabriel Figueroa |
Edited by | Carlos Savage |
Music by | Rodolfo Halffter |
Production company | Producciones Barbáchano Ponce |
Distributed by | Películas Nacionales |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | Mexico |
Language | Spanish |
The film received the international prize at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival[1] and was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 32nd Academy Awards, but was not selected as a nominee.[2]
Although not one of Buñuel's most renowned films, Nazarín still holds a high reputation. Filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky named it one of his ten favorite films.[3] In April 2019, a restoration was selected to be shown in the "Cannes Classics" section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[4]