SILVER

[EL ÁNGEL EXTERMINADOR]
A high-society dinner party at a Mexico City mansion devolves into madness and depravity when the genteel guests discover that, quite mysteriously, they are unable to leave. As the guests' polite chitchat gives way to paranoia, scandal-mongering and open warfare, Luis Buñuel introduces ever more surreal imagery to the dreamlike scenario, with visits from a bear, a sheep and a severed hand crawling across the floor. Silvia Pinal and Enrique Rambal head the ensemble cast, with cinematography by the great Gabriel Figueroa. DIR/SCR Luis Buñuel; PROD Gustavo Alatriste. Mexico, 1962, b&w, 93 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED

In Memoriam: Silvia Pinal (1931–2024)