Tourments

Original title: Él

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Arturo de Córdova and Delia Garcés in Tourments (1953)

A husband's suave exterior unravels after his marriage, and he unleashes his paranoid and volatile temper on his wife, which escalates to more dangerous and unpredictable tantrums.A husband's suave exterior unravels after his marriage, and he unleashes his paranoid and volatile temper on his wife, which escalates to more dangerous and unpredictable tantrums.A husband's suave exterior unravels after his marriage, and he unleashes his paranoid and volatile temper on his wife, which escalates to more dangerous and unpredictable tantrums.

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7.9/10

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- 1 nomination total

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In making the film, Buñuel added personal memories of his sister Conchita's paranoid husband who once mistakenly thought he saw Buñuel making vulgar faces at him on the street and went home to get his gun. He was stopped when Buñuel's family finally convinced him that Buñuel was living in Zaragoza at the time.

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Francisco Galván de Montemayor: Now tell me truth: what do you dislike about me?
Gloria Vilalta: There's nothing l dislike about you.
Francisco Galván de Montemayor: There must be something, nobody's perfect.
Gloria Vilalta: Well, there's one thing: sometimes you're a bit unfair.
Francisco Galván de Montemayor: Nonsense! I don't have that fault. Few men possess so keen a sense of justice as l.

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Featured in À propos de Buñuel (2000)

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8/10

El (1953) ***

This was the first film I decided to watch from director Luis Bunuel and I had no idea what to expect from EL going into it, but it really intrigued me in different ways -- not only with the general story, but also in the visual style with which it was realized. There were surprises at every turn, and the acting by the leading man Arturo de Cordova was superb. What began as a pretty standard-looking (though nicely photographed) soap opera wound up transforming into a striking melodrama with some oddly disturbing moments. I don't know how indicative this one movie is of Luis Bunuel's general approach, but if the others are anywhere near as interesting, I look forward to trying them out. He seems ahead of his time, judging by this film.

*** out of ****