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Special Features: New 4K Restoration
[THE YOUNG AND THE DAMNED]
This masterpiece from Luis Buñuel's Mexican years was initially faulted by critics for its unapologetic depiction of savagery among Mexico City's disenfranchised youth. Championed by poet Octavio Paz, then Mexico's cultural ambassador to France, the film was selected for the 1951 Cannes Film Festival where Buñuel won Best Director, reigniting his stalled career. It is a unique blend of Italian-style neorealism, with its real locations and non-professional cast, and Buñuel's trademark surrealism, most spectacularly presented in a slow-motion Freudian nightmare that is one of the director's iconic scenes. "Once seen, this movie can never be forgotten." – J. Hoberman, The Village Voice. DIR/SCR Luis Buñuel; SCR Luis Alcoriza; PROD Óscar Dancigers, Sergio Kogan, Jaime A. Menasce. Mexico, 1950, b&w, 80 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Restored by The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project at L'Immagine Ritrovata in collaboration with Fundación Televisa, Televisa, Cineteca Nacional Mexico and Filmoteca de la UNAM. Restoration funding provided by The Material World Foundation.
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 80 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, May 26, 2023
Genre: Crime drama
