The titular adventurer, after defying his parents to go to sea, survives a shipwreck and becomes a castaway on a deserted island for nearly thirty years, learning to build a new life from scratch, discovering companionship with a native man he names Friday, and eventually returning to civilisation a changed man, finding wealth and new challenges.
Direction
Buñuel's restraint is the wildest choice he could make.
Acting
O'Herlihy carries 80% of this film solo — and commits.
Cinematography
Mexico standing in for Caribbean has never looked this stark.
Director
Luis Buñuel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Buñuel took this gig solely to fund his next personal project, calling it 'just another job.'
O'Herlihy's Oscar nomination made this the only Buñuel film to receive Academy recognition — a fact that probably annoyed him deeply.
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