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El (This Strange Passion) (1953) Luis Bunuel; Arturo de Cordova, Delia Garces
El (This Strange Passion) (1953) Luis Bunuel; Arturo de Cordova, Delia Garces
 
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In Spanish with English subtitles.

In El, it is director Luis Bunuel's contention that uncontrollable insanity can grow within even the most rational of men. Spanish aristocratic Arturo de Cordova, outwardly the picture of courtly charm, marries lovely Delia Garces, who is much younger than he. From the honeymoon onward, Cordova imagines that his bride's former lover is spying on them. At first his jealousy manifests itself in short bursts of violence against phantom intruders. But the middle-aged groom's lunacy blossoms, until he is prepared to literally sew his young bride up lest she be accessible to others. Bunuel alternates Cordova's disintegration with his standard attacks upon Catholicism; the church can offer nothing to this unhappy man but empty homilies, leaving him no choice but to lie to himself that he is "cured"--knowing deep down that he never will be. Historian William K. Everson hit the nail on the head when he described El as "the most clinical dissection yet of a paranoic's descent into total madness". Another critic has succinctly described the protagonist as "an Othello with the hero as his own Iago." El, which literally translates as "He", has been released in some markets as This Strange Passion.

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5 of 5 Mexican Cinema Classic July 20, 2021
Reviewer: Elsa Cisneros from Los Angeles, CA United States  
Arrived early and in perfect condition.  Thank you!

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5 of 5 A must for Bunuel fans August 22, 2019
Reviewer: Patrick Hunter from Panorama City, CA United States  
A highly watchable transfer!   Superb!  And, as often is the case, moviedetective.com comes through for the rest of us.

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5 of 5 EL. June 20, 2016
Reviewer: Jon DiBenedetto from West Hartford, CT United States  
One of my favorite movies of Bunuel's Mexican period. I've wanted to see it for years!

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4 of 5 Bunuel the master December 13, 2014
Reviewer: F. Hounder Clay from Reynoldsburg, OH United States  
It's a testement to Bunuel's talent that this film, not among his better third, is still so good. It would probably be the best movie by many other director's. But then again, which other director would have made it so well, let alone even attempt it? Good movie.

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