A Catholic priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but others do not return the favor.
Direction
Buñuel's most restrained film—every frame is a trap.
Acting
Rabal's face: suffering as aesthetic choice.
Cinematography
Dust, poverty, and miracles that look like accidents.
Director
Luis Buñuel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Buñuel won Best Director at Cannes but called it 'a Catholic film made by an atheist,' refusing to explain which parts he meant sincerely.
Adapted from Benito Pérez Galdós's 1895 novel, but Buñuel stripped the overt religiosity—leaving only the social critique that made Spanish censors nervous.
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