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Simon du désert

Titre original : Simón del desierto
  • 1965
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  • 45min
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Claudio Brook and Viktoriya Fyodorova in Simon du désert (1965)
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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueSimon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him to come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him to come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him to come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.

  • Réalisation
    • Luis Buñuel
  • Scénario
    • Luis Buñuel
    • Julio Alejandro
  • Casting principal
    • Claudio Brook
    • Silvia Pinal
    • Enrique Álvarez Félix
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  • NOTE IMDb
    7,8/10
    11 k
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    • Réalisation
      • Luis Buñuel
    • Scénario
      • Luis Buñuel
      • Julio Alejandro
    • Casting principal
      • Claudio Brook
      • Silvia Pinal
      • Enrique Álvarez Félix
    • 75avis d'utilisateurs
    • 57avis des critiques
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
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    • Récompenses
      • 2 victoires et 1 nomination au total

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    Claudio Brook
    Claudio Brook
    • Simón
    Silvia Pinal
    Silvia Pinal
    • El diablo…
    Enrique Álvarez Félix
    Enrique Álvarez Félix
    • Hermano Matías…
    Hortensia Santoveña
    Hortensia Santoveña
    • Madre de Simón…
    Francisco Reiguera
    Francisco Reiguera
    • Monje viejo…
    Luis Aceves Castañeda
    Luis Aceves Castañeda
    • Hermano Trifón…
    Enrique García Álvarez
    Enrique García Álvarez
    • Hermano Zenón…
    Antonio Bravo
    • Monje…
    Enrique del Castillo
    • El mutilado…
    Eduardo MacGregor
    • Hermano Daniel…
    Ricardo Adalid
    • Monje
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    Victorio Blanco
    • Monje viejo
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    Jesús Fernández
    • Pastor enano de ovejas
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    Nathanael León
    Nathanael León
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    Ángel Merino
    • El rico Praxedes
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    Rubén Márquez
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    Glauber Rocha
    Glauber Rocha
      Los Sinners
      • Themselves: Grupo Musical
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      • Réalisation
        • Luis Buñuel
      • Scénario
        • Luis Buñuel
        • Julio Alejandro
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      Michael_Elliott

      Simon of the Desert

      Simon of the Desert (1965)

      **** (out of 4)

      Bizarre "religious" film from Luis Bunuel is one of the best I've seen from him. Simon (Claudio Brook) climbs a column in the desert to be closer to God but soon has Satan try to tempt him with earthly pleasures. To give anything else away would ruin a few twists and turns along the way but I was pleasantly surprised with this little short. Bunuel has become one of my favorite directors but I find watching his religious films to be very frustrating because he either goes over the top with what I find stupid or I feel he spends way too much time trying to make points but everything here worked pretty well with me. The black humor mixed in with the messages was a great touch and Bunuel did a terrific job with all the temptation scenes. The scene with the nude woman trying to tempt Simon was brilliantly done.
      8claudio_carvalho

      Sacrifice and Temptation

      The ascetic religious Simón (Claudio Brook) believes he is a sinner and decides to self-inflict a sacrifice, living like a hermit on the top of a pedestal in the middle of the desert to be closer to God and resist the temptations of the world. His followers are peasants and travelers that believe that Simón is a saint capable of performing miracles and they crowd to hear his speeches. However, Satan (Silvia Pinal) tries to tempt him with the pleasures of the world.

      In accordance with the cover of the VHS, Buñuel inspired in a Christian ascetic saint called Saint Simeon Stylites that lived for thirty-seven years on a small platform on the top of a pillar to parody his story with "Simon of the Desert" and criticize religion and believers with a witty humor. The unexpected plot point is a great and funny surprise with a completely different environment, but what else could the viewer expect from the master of the surrealism? This is the first time that I see this movie that has probably inspired Monty Python's "Life of Brian" and Alanis Morissette playing God in "Dogma". My vote is eight.

      Title (Brazil): "Simon do Deserto" ("Simon of the Desert")
      8jluis1984

      An incomplete masterpiece...

      After being forced to self-exile by the Spanish Civil War, Spaniard director Luis Buñuel moved to Mexico, and found in the country's struggling film industry the freedom he had so long desired. In the late 50s, and after a decade of making some of the best Mexican movies ever mad, he met Gustavo Alatriste and his wife, actress Silvia Pinal. Alatriste was very interested in Buñuel's cinema and decided to produce Buñuel's movies with Pinal as main actress. This partnership gave Buñuel even more freedom than before, and resulted in three of the most interesting and controversial films of his career. "Viridiana", "El Ángel Extreminador" and this movie, "Simón del Desierto", form a trilogy where Buñuel criticizes mercilessly, but with humor, the hypocrisy of the high society, the government and of course, religion.

      Simón (Claudio Brook) is a deep religious man who decided that to be closer to God, he should remain alone in a column, living as an hermit practicing asceticism, in order to escape from the world's temptations. Soon Simón becomes to be regarded as a Saint, and people from all over the region come to hear him speak, and witness his miracles. Satan (Silvia Pinal) visits Simón too, in an attempt to tempt Simón with the earthly pleasures that Simón has decided to leave behind. However, the Devil is probably the lesser of Simón's problems, as his own elitist position as an outsider makes him to discover the truth behind organized religion, and so he begins question the nature of what he does, and more importantly, what he believes.

      Written by Luis Buñuel and Julio Alejandro (Buñuel's collaborator in "Nazarín" and "Viridiana"), the story of "Simón del Desierto" is loosely based on the real life story of Saint Simeon Stylites, a monk who like Simón, decided to spent his days at the top of a pillar. "Simon del Desierto" parodies St. Simeon's story in a wonderful satire about the way Saints are seen and venerated by the religious people. Using the character of Simón, Buñuel explores the human side of religion and with a good dose of humor, he completely exposes his views on it, making a sharp criticism not on religion itself, but on religious organizations and their blind and passive followers, who in Buñuel's eyes, become more and more dehumanized the closer they get to God.

      In many ways, "Simón del Desierto" works like a slow and fascinating descend into one of Buñuel's surreal nightmares. With a beautiful cinematography by the legendary Gabriel Figueroa, the movie feels initially as a real biopic of the Saint's life, but the portrait of dignity that Buñuel seems to be creating with Simon soon discovers itself as an absurd, as Simón's exaggerated Holiness proves to be as corrupting as the Devil's temptations, and through a series of visions Buñuel breaks the realistic tone and smoothly turns the movie into a surreal madness apparently mimicking the dehumanization of the Saint. The madness concludes in one of Buñuel's most strange finales ever, inviting the audience to make their own conclusions about the movie, and about sainthood.

      Claudio Brook and Silvia Pinal are basically the main cast of the film, and their work together is really amazing. A very underrated actor, Brook is very convincing, and very funny too, making Buñuel's character come to life and carrying the film with natural ease and powerful presence. Brook delivers his lines with dignity and power, as if he was really being an actor in a biography of the Saint (Ironically, he would play Jesus in two films after "Simón del Desierto"). Silvia Pinal is very good as the Devil, although not as impressive as she was in "Viridiana", she delivers an excellent performance as the erotic representation of Satan. The supporting cast is very small, and have very limited screen time, but overall they do a good job. Jesús Fernández shines in the small role of a dwarf goatherd who seems to know more than what his humble looks tell.

      The movie is probably one of the most interesting films of Buñuel, but at the same time one of the most troubled, as the low budget couldn't allow him better production values. But the worse flaw occurred because in a very unfortunate incident, Alatriste was unable to complete the funding of Buñuel's film, so the director was forced to stop the film's production and make a quick ending. The bizarre finale of the movie is very simplistic and feels horribly rushed; breaking the pace of the story in a very bad way. Still, even when the rushed ending damages the movie a lot, at least it gives an idea of what Buñuel's intentions with the film were.

      While the movie was never completed the way Buñuel desired, "Simón del Desierto" is equally as good as the master's better known films, and it also offers the chance to understand the ideology of the man known as "master of surrealism". The excellent performances, Figueroa's beautiful photography and Buñuel's superb direction are definitely the ingredients for a masterpiece, and this modest movie, incomplete as it is, it's definitely one. 8/10
      7ma-cortes

      Short movie about an anchorite on a column by the Spanish maestro Luis Buñuel

      This surrealist film is based on St. Simon Stylites who lived circa A. D. 400 . He was a ragged ascetic (well played by a bearded Claudio Brook) who spent thirty-seven years atop a seventy-foot pillar preaching to Christian flocks and avoiding temptation . As he is tempted by the devil (a beauty Silvia Pinal) under various forms.

      This rare and weird movie is largely considered a Luis Buñuel's masterpiece . It's a comical parable about a tattered anchorite with some humor and hilarious criticism to Catholic Church . After returning his native country , Spain , by making 'Viridiana' played by Fernando Rey, Silvia Pinal , but this film was pursued by the national censorship and really prohibited on the grounds of blasphemy , then Buñuel with his screenwriter Julio Alejandro went back Mexico where realized in low budget 'Simon of the desert' and produced by Gustavo Alatriste . It contains good and atmospheric cinematography by excellent Mexican cameraman Gabriel Figueroa . Religious music , including a pilgrim hymn and , of course , 'the drums of Calanda' sounds , Luis Buñuel's location of birth . This movie won deservedly the Special Jury Prize at the 1965 Venice Film Festival . This is a nice strange story for Luis Buñuel aficionados, being deemed by some reviewers as one of the best short film - forty minutes- ever made . Rating : Above average , worthwhile watching.
      8lastliberal

      I'm beginning to realize I don't realize what I am saying.

      In his Mexican exile during the Spanish War, Luis Buñuel produced some fine films, including this one starring Claudio Brook (Alucarda, The Exterminating Angel) and Silvia Pinal (Viridiana, The Exterminating Angel) as The Devil.

      This is a strange film, supposedly based upon the acts of a real saint, about an ascetic who sits atop a tall column in the desert praying, while his mother waits below.

      The Devil continues to return to tempt Simon. Seeing the Devil as a woman with large breasts exposed was interesting, and would have temped me.

      Simon is finally shown the futility of his penance as the world goes on despite him.

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      • Anecdotes
        This is the final film of Luis Buñuel's Mexican period. He made twenty films from Mexico in total.
      • Gaffes
        When the coffin is floating through the desert toward Simon's pillar, the wire pulling the coffin can be seen several times.
      • Citations

        The Devil: Look what innocent legs I've got!

      • Connexions
        Featured in À propos de Buñuel (2000)
      • Bandes originales
        Himnos de los Peregrinos
        Written by Raúl Lavista

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      • Date de sortie
        • 15 mars 1969 (France)
      • Pays d’origine
        • Mexique
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      • Langues
        • Espagnol
        • Latin
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        • Simon of the Desert
      • Lieux de tournage
        • Samalayuca Dune Fields, Chihuahua, Mexique(Desert)
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        • Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica (STPC)
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