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Simon of the Desert is Luis Buñuel’s wicked and wild take on the life of devoted ascetic Saint Simeon Stylites, who waited atop a pillar surrounded by a barren landscape for six years, six months, and six days, in order to prove his devotion to God. Yet the devil, in the figure of the beautiful Silvia Pinal, huddles below, trying to tempt him down. A skeptic’s vision of human conviction, Buñuel’s short and sweet satire is one of the master filmmaker’s most renowned works of surrealism.
Original Release
02/08/1965
US Release
02/10/1969
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Claudio Brook | Simón |
Enrique Álvarez Félix | Hermano Matías / Young monk / Brother Matías |
Hortensia Santoveña | Madre de Simón / The mother |
Francisco Reiguera | The Devil as an Old Witch / Monje viejo / Old monk |
Luis Aceves Castaneda | Priest / Hermano Trifón / Monk |
Enrique Garcia Alvarez | Hermano Zenón / Old monk |
Antonio Bravo | Priest / Monje / Monk |
Enrique del Castillo | The Mutilated One / El mutilado |
Eduardo MacGregor | Hermano Daniel / Monk |
Silvia Pinal | The Devil / El diablo |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Claudio Brook | Simón |
Enrique Álvarez Félix | Hermano Matías / Young monk / Brother Matías |
Hortensia Santoveña | Madre de Simón / The mother |
Francisco Reiguera | The Devil as an Old Witch / Monje viejo / Old monk |
Luis Aceves Castaneda | Priest / Hermano Trifón / Monk |
Enrique Garcia Alvarez | Hermano Zenón / Old monk |
Antonio Bravo | Priest / Monje / Monk |
Enrique del Castillo | The Mutilated One / El mutilado |
Eduardo MacGregor | Hermano Daniel / Monk |
Silvia Pinal | The Devil / El diablo |
Ricardo Adalid | Monje / monk |
Victorio Blanco | Monje viejo / Old monk |
Jesús Fernández | Pastor enano de ovejas / Dwarf Goatherd |
Nathanael León | Monje / Monk |
Ángel Merino | El rico Praxedes / Rich man |
Rubén Márquez | Monje / Monk |
Los Sinners | Themselves: Grupo Musical |
Glauber Rocha | Man in nightclub |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Gustavo Alatriste | Producer |